If the world is serious about reducing its carbon emissions, we'll need to re-think how we feed our future children. Creating ways to support and promote breastfeeding, scientists say, is an environmental imperative.

When China's Chang'e-4 spacecraft landed on the lunar far side on 3 January 2019, it made history. It was the first spacecraft to visit that part of the Moon, and among its payload was a 2.6 kg (5.7 lb) mini-biosphere called the Lunar Micro Ecosyst

We all know by now that eating less meat is good for the planet - the production of meat products for human consumption leaves behind a hefty carbon footprint.

The centre of the Milky Way galaxy is a relatively calm place now (compared to other galactic centres), but that hasn't always been the case. In fact, just 3.5 million years ago, it was positively riotous - expelling a burst of energy that eventual

Not unlike the movie "Okja," where a company breeds massive pigs to maximize profits, some Chinese farmers are growing larger and larger hogs to keep up with pork shortages.

The world is dealing with a lot right now. The climate is rapidly warming, the oceans are growing dangerously acidic, a sixth extinction is officially unfolding, and all the while the threat of nuclear war hangs imminent.

Just less than 13,000 years ago, the climate cooled for a short while in many parts of the world, especially in the northern hemisphere. We know this because of what has been found in ice cores drilled in Greenland, as well as from oceans around th

Antibiotic resistance is spreading fast all over the world. When infectious bacteria mutate in a certain way and then multiply, they can become resistant to even the most powerful drugs.

Our diets can have a big environmental impact. The greenhouse gas emissions involved in producing and transporting various foods has been well researched, but have you ever thought about the water-scarcity impacts of producing your favourite foods?

From its red and rugged surface, Mars looks like a lifeless planet, both dry and desolate. But that hasn't always been the case.

The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded Monday to three physician-scientists from the United States and Britain - William G. Kaelin Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza - "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to

Saturn has unseated Jupiter as the Solar System's most moon-bearing planet, the Carnegie Institution for Science announced on Monday.

Six elephants died while trying to save each other after a baby elephant fell from a waterfall in a Thai national park, officials said.

The case of a 40-year-old Australian man has led to a warning about the use of high-visibility clothing in hot temperatures, after an overheating reflective stripe on the back of a vest caused first-degree burns.

Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) rarely get a break from their cramped quarters. Only on occasion do they get to don a spacesuit and actually venture outside. This month, various mission members will get to do so five

For the first time, astronomers have obtained high-resolution images of a binary star system in the early stages of formation, and it's more beautiful than we ever expected.

When the last of Earth's woolly mammoths expired, they were isolated on Wrangel Island in the frigid Arctic Ocean, north of Russia. We've known of the species' last resting place for years; now, we finally know more about their survival and ul

Following the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown – the world's worst nuclear accident – authorities cordoned off the most contaminated areas around the Ukrainian power plant.

Space food is notoriously lacklustre, but new technology is slowly revolutionising the way astronauts eat.

A cosmologist who revealed that the universe was made mostly of invisible matter and energy, and two scientists who detected the first planet orbiting an alien star, were jointly awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday.

A recent study conducted in Sweden found the risk of death for dog owners returning home from hospital after a stroke or heart attack was significantly lower than those who didn't come home to a face-licking ball of happiness.