Rising CO2 helps plants conserve water, but a newly identified atmospheric feedback cancels much of that benefit.

Practice, not brain wiring, explains why your dominant hand controls tools and handwriting so much better through lifelong daily practice.

A genome study explains why the invasive water fern Salvinia molesta spreads so fast, offering new hope for its control.

Scientists uncovered how jellyfish heal wounds within minutes without leaving scars - a repair mechanism that could inspire new treatments.

New study finds the world's biggest cities may grow more slowly by 2100, reshaping forecasts for infrastructure and economic planning.

A late Neanderthal group in Belgium and France stayed genetically healthy, with no inbreeding signs, just before vanishing.

Scientists tested wild animals killed on Brazilian roads and found a harmful fungus, Sporothrix, inside birds, mammals, and ...

Europe’s record-breaking heat wave was made far more likely by human-driven climate change, with deadly impacts already ...

A 300-million-year-old fish kept its fossilized brain, letting scientists read brain shape from skulls of similar ancient ...

Webb captures dramatic temperature spikes on HD 80606 b, one of the most extreme giant planets ever discovered.

An apple’s most useful part for digestion never gets absorbed. The soluble fiber called pectin travels the full length of the ...

Vitamin K1 from leafy greens was associated with healthier lungs and a reduced risk of COPD over more than a decade of follow ...