Congress has authorized the U.S> Board on Geographic Names to standardize and approve geographic names for use throughout the federal government.

Eating while doing something perceptually demanding makes it more difficult to notice when you feel full, shows new research from the University of Sussex.

The oceans play an important role in regulating our climate and its change by absorbing heat and carbon. 

To enhance the number of beneficial insect species in agricultural land, preserving semi-natural habitats and promoting crop diversity are both needed, according to new research published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Applied of Ecology.

The discovery of hydrothermal vents―where volcanoes at the seafloor produce hot fluid exceeding 350 degrees Celsius or 662 degrees Fahrenheit―fundamentally changed our understanding about Earth and life in the 1970s. 

Your gut bacteria could say a lot about you, such as why you’re diabetic or how you respond to certain drugs.

Patients with undiagnosed flu symptoms who actually had COVID-19 last winter were among thousands of undetected early cases of the disease at the beginning of this year. 

Tropical Depression 06W has been around for days, and continues to hold together as it moves in a westerly direction toward Taiwan in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. 

Given current events, many people are wearing face masks to protect themselves and others. 

NASA’s Aqua satellite obtained visible imagery of Hurricane Elida in the Eastern Pacific as it continued to weaken.