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'Brain-eating' amoebas are nearly always fatal. New treatments may change that.Doctors are pulling out new techniques and drugs in an effort to cure devastating brain infections.
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Colorado River may have pooled and spilled over to form the Grand Canyon, solving a long-standing mystery — but not everyone agreesThe Colorado River muscled its way through today's Grand Canyon after pooling as a giant lake, according to new research.
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Drought could fuel the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs as climate change worsens, new research suggestsA warming world may see more antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to new research that shows a link between aridity and antibiotic resistance today.
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Human-driven climate change is slowing Earth's rotation at a rate not seen in 3.6 million yearsToday's sea level rise is significant enough to slow the rotation of the planet by just over a millisecond per century.
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California's wildfire season is shifting, with more blazes after the traditional high-risk window, study findsNew research finds that climate-driven shifts in wildfire seasons in North America are different depending on the ecosystem.
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Inherited diseases don't work like we thought they did"Monogenic" diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.
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Obesity is linked to 1 in 10 deaths from infection worldwide — and scientists are still learning whyA new study finds that people with obesity are more likely to be hospitalized with or die from severe infections.
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Hidden slippery clay on seafloor may have worsened devastating 2011 tsunami in JapanA thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make such a devastating tsunami.
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'Impossible' mantle earthquakes actually occur all over the world, study findsResearchers were once unsure whether mantle earthquakes existed. Now they have a global map of this mysterious phenomenon.
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Upgrade to Antarctica 'ghost particle' observatory could pave the way to physics breakthroughsThe National Science Foundation's massive IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole just got a major new upgrade, which promises to take the search for "ghost particles" to a new level.
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Scientist accidentally stumbles across bizarre ancient ‘wrinkle structures’ in Morocco that shouldn't be thereAncient fossil structures imprinted on rocks that were once deep beneath the ocean suggest the search for the first life on Earth needs to be broadened.
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The 'mono' virus raises the risk of MS and cancer in some. 22 genes hint at why.An infection with Epstein-Barr virus is a nonevent for most people. But for a subset, the virus can contribute to chronic conditions and cancer, and genes may play a role in that risk.
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Enormous 'mega-blob' under Hawaii is solid rock and iron, not gooey — and it may fuel a hotspotA new study reveals a detailed look at what lies beneath the Hawaiian hotspot.
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'Doomsday Clock' ticks 4 seconds closer to midnightThe Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists now says humanity is a metaphorical 85 seconds to global disaster.
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A drying climate is making East Africa pull apart fasterA switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds.
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Lab mice that 'touch grass' are less anxious — and that highlights a big problem in rodent researchMice that experience the real world may be better models for human mental health conditions, compared with lab mice that never leave their cages, a study hints.
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Scars from ancient 'megaquakes' at Cascadia subduction zone discovered in deep-sea landslidesLarge subduction-zone earthquakes leave scars on the continental slope in the deep sea.
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Fragment of lost tectonic plate discovered where San Andreas and Cascadia faults meetA hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating earthquake risk at the Cascadia subduction zone.
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These genes were thought to lead to blindness 100% of the time. They don't.New research finds that retinal diseases thought to map one-to-one to genetic mutations are more complicated than that.
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Massive Myanmar earthquake was super smooth and efficient — and it holds lessons for the 'Big One'The fault that ruptured in the March quake was simple and mature, which allowed the quake's energy to shoot right to the surface.
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A fentanyl vaccine enters human trials in 2026 — here's how it worksA vaccine in development would be the first proactive treatment for overdose and fentanyl addiction, if approved.
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Giant structure discovered deep beneath Bermuda is unlike anything else on EarthA thick layer of more than 12 miles of rock may explain why Bermuda seems to float above the surrounding ocean.
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Russia's Bezymianny volcano blew itself apart 69 years ago. It's now almost completely regrown.A 1956 eruption collapsed much of the Bezymianny volcano in Kamchatka, Russia, but frequent eruptions since — including a large event in November — means it has now almost completely regrown.
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Has America's obesity rate plateaued?Some recent national numbers suggest the obesity rate has plateaued or even declined. Experts are skeptical.
