Potentially harmful air quality in Kampala, Uganda, follows the borders of segregated settlements from Africa's colonial era.

A new tool maps coastal sediments on the basis of water color. It shows that 75% of the world’s coastlines may be losing ...

Scientists suggest that two strains of endospores located more than 4,000 kilometers away from one another originated in the ...

Faint magnetic properties in primitive asteroid fragments suggest an early magnetic field strong enough to shepherd the ...

Even with ventilation, commercial kitchens can have air pollution levels that exceed health-related limits. Research ...

The authors of this year’s Arctic Report Card said the consistently extreme climate observations in the Arctic indicate a ...

Outgassing could pose problems for long-term habitation of the Moon, including health hazards for astronauts, hindrances for ...

Storms are unburying centuries-old stumps on North Carolina’s barrier islands. Researchers hope these long-gone forests can ...

Intended to improve soil health, these crops are also associated with moisture depletion at shallow depths, which ...

Mantle motions have major effects on topography and the distribution of ice sheets. The motions are key for researchers ...

The strange blend of surface chemistry on Nix and Hydra raises big question about the evolution of the Pluto system.

Taking baseball’s mysterious Rubbing Mud into the lab revealed no magic ingredients—but plenty of useful natural properties ...