Hazy, smoke-filled skies can have serious health effects.

Chemists from the University of Waterloo have successfully resolved two of the most challenging issues surrounding lithium-oxygen batteries, and in the process created a working battery with near 100 per cent coulombic efficiency.

Harbor porpoises are one of the smallest marine mammals in the world. They are also difficult to study because they are highly mobile and don’t spend a lot of time at the surface of the water.

Developing and testing a new piece of equipment at sea is always a challenge, one Mike Jech is no stranger to tackling

MIT researchers have taken a step toward solving a longstanding challenge with wireless communication: direct data transmission between underwater and airborne devices.

Take a look at the clouds, if there are any in your sky right now. If not, here are a few examples. Watch the billows, the white lofty tufts set against the blue sky.

University of Texas at San Antonio researchers develop tools to predict the dispersal of chemical plumes, pollutants.

NASA provided estimates monsoon rainfall that affected India from Aug. 13 to 20.

The above average monsoon rains resulted in severe flooding in parts of India.  Hardest hit was the state of Kerala located in the southwest corner near the bottom of the peninsula where at least 350 fatalities have been reported and many as 800,000 people displaced as a result of the extreme flooding and ensuing mudslides.

The response was mixed: Some support, some pushback. The topic also became fodder for late-night TV shows.

A new genetic analysis of invasive pythons captured across South Florida finds the big constrictors are closely related to one another.