Scientific American asked experts which type of Thanksgiving pie spikes blood sugar the most—and how to eat healthier while ...

Human brains go through five distinct phases of life, each defined by their own set of characteristics, according to a new ...

The eruption sent ash clouds up to 14 km into the sky, affecting Yemen, Oman, India, and northern Pakistan, according to the ...

Scientists earlier observed signs that an eruption at Hayli Gubbi could happen. In July, the nearby Erta Ale volcano erupted, ...

The root cause of the putative limit is not clear. There’s a suggestion that it may be related to a limit in the body’s ...

Ethiopia's Hayli Gubbi volcano has erupted after 12,000 years of silence. The powerful explosion sent ash plumes soaring ...

The Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia's Afar region erupted on Sunday for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick ...

The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition.

In celebration of World Walrus Day, National Museum of Natural History director Kirk Johnson talks about his new documentary ...

Mosses are shockingly tough. Some live in Earth’s most extreme environments, including the freezing tundra and bone-dry deserts. Now, a study published on November 20 in the journal iScience has found ...

The Secretary of Defense’s quest for “lethality” in the armed forces cannot come at the expense of teaching officers how to think—a mission for which civilian academics are needed.

In late October, Hurricane Melissa (that should have been called “Godzilla”) battered western Jamaica with 185-mile-an-hour winds. It tossed the roofs of ...