Communities around estuaries may be in for some financial troubles. Scientists have created a new visualization tool to predict the maximum cost of coastal flooding to communities around estuaries.
It turns out that the Ebola virus may actually be able to survive in wastewater. Researchers have taken a closer look at Ebola-contaminated liquid waste and found that it could continue to survive over time.
The astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) may be receiving something a bit unusual in their latest shipment of cargo. Drinks giant Suntory sent Japanese whiskey into space-for science.
The West Coast may be in danger of sea level rise. Researchers have found that the uplift rates across the Pacific Coast of the U.S. and northern Mexico have been overestimated by an average of more than 40 percent.
Previous studies have shown that burning incense may have psychoactive benefits. In other words, some scientists say that it could help to release poorly understood ion channels in the brain alleviate both anxiety and depression.
New findings from the World Alzheimer Report 2015 produced by Alzheimer's Disease International reveal that the number of people who have dementia worldwide will group from 47 million today to 132 million in the year 2050.
Jesus may have had a wife. A fourth-century scrap of papyrus has a line that reads "Jesus said to them, 'My wife...'" Now, researchers are taking a closer look at this fragment of writing to find out how valid it really is.
Even in modern times, today's workplace is still very much sex-segregated in some areas. Researchers at Indiana University Bloomington examined one important consequence of occupational sex segregation. For women working highly male-dominated occupations, it can be particularly stressful.
There may be a better, longer-lasting flu vaccine in the works. Researchers have discovered a way to induce antibodies to fight a wide range of influenza subtypes-work that could one day eliminate the need for repeated seasonal flu shots.
For the first time in years, northern California has its very own wolf pack. Researchers have spotted seven wolves in southern Siskiyou County this month, which shows that the wolf population may be rebounding.
Tiny sensors may just save bees. Intel and CSIRO have joined together to create tiny bee "backpacks" that will hopefully help researchers discover why bee populations are declining in Australia.
It turns out that America may be in for a total solar eclipse; it just happens to be two years from now. Researchers have announced that on Aug. 21, 2017, people in North America will witness one of nature's greatest sky shows.
