For this study, researchers looked beyond what vessels intentionally put into the ocean, examining a potentially overlooked external factor. "Ship paint-derived microplastics" were their focus. As the ...

A young man who had been drinking and smoking cannabis was urged by friends not to drive. But Tachyon Hutt didn’t listen. The 23-year-old died in July after crashing his car into a power pole driving ...

Melissa’s terrifying trip through the Caribbean also piled on evidence of the influence of a warming ocean on an evolving hurricane landscape.

Microsoft President Brad Smith on Tuesday explained at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Conference in Seattle that his ...

Zack Leshner has struggled to decide which candidate to vote for as New Jersey’s next governor as Tuesday approaches. “I take values from both parties and I resonate with things that both parties say, ...

The concept that eventually became Pluribus popped into Gilligan’s mind around the time Breaking Bad ended and its spinoff, Better Call Saul, began. With a huge success behind him and a new series ...

Climate change and habitat loss threaten the newly named trapdoor spider. Scientists from the, Davis, have identified a previously unknown trapdoor spider species lurking in the coastal sand dunes of ...

A weather expert and sports fan takes a look at the "science" behind the tradition of storming the field and why it seems to be increasing.

Spacetime isn’t something that exists; it’s a model for describing how events happen. Treating events as objects creates philosophical confusion and fuels misconceptions, such as time-travel paradoxes ...

1. Don't adjust your wake-up time straight after the time changes. After a few days to a week, your body will acclimate to the new time. Instead, consider taking a short 20-minute nap in the ...

September hurricane showed how competition between government and private forecasts can damage accuracy and trust ...

An autonomous ocean robot, launched from Woods Hole, is attempting to complete a first-ever trip around the world.