The Common Loon, an icon of the northern wilderness, is under threat from climate change due to reduced water clarity,…
A heavy snowpack is fun for skiers and sledders, and it also acts like an open-air storage tank that melts…
Cornell University astrobiologists have devised a novel way to determine ocean temperatures of distant worlds based on the thickness of…
In an experiment akin to stop-motion photography, scientists have isolated the energetic movement of an electron while "freezing" the motion…
More than 2 billion people, approximately a quarter of the world's population, lack access to clean drinking water. A new,…
Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere say that astronomers' best chance of finding liquid water, and even…
Acting as the main interface between the internal and the external world, the skin is the largest and most important…
If you don't love the taste of tap water or just want to cut down on the cost of plastic bottles,…
Anaphylaxis -- a severe allergic reaction that may include a skin rash, nausea, vomiting, difficulty breathing, and shock -- from…
Evaporation is happening all around us all the time, from the sweat cooling our bodies to the dew burning off…