Drinking 32 ounces of an energy drink in a short timespan may increase blood pressure and the risk of electrical disturbances in the heart, which affect heart rhythm, according to a small study published in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Baking soda, table salt, and detergent are surprisingly effective ingredients for cooking up carbon nanotubes, researchers at MIT have found.

A new study published today in Nature Climate Change finds coral reefs are under threat from ocean acidification.

Location matters for species struggling to survive under a changing climate.

Chimpanzees have a mainly vegetarian diet, but do occasionally eat meat. 

A rover scanning the surface of Mars for evidence of life might want to check for rocks that look like pasta, researchers report in the journal Astrobiology.

Researchers, including one from Memorial University, are forecasting a worldwide move towards smaller birds and mammals over the next 100 years.

University of Saskatchewan (USask) PhD student Arthur Situm has developed a new non-invasive technique to study the rusting of steel.

As it does in the Arctic, the surface of the ocean around Antarctica freezes over in the winter and melts back each summer.

New model simulations of future Atlantic hurricane seasons suggest that higher greenhouse gas emissions will reduce vertical wind shear in an inconvenient place: along the U.S. East Coast.