Our planet plunged into one of the most dramatic climate states in its long history, approximately 720–635 million years ago.

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...

Bates has welcomed a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors joined the college during the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News has been introducing them in ...

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the European Space Agency, ...

The Trump administration has repealed the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change. By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow Reporting from ...

If you think of Earth’s climate system as a backyard swing that’s been gently swaying for millennia, then human-caused global warming is like a sudden shove strong enough to disrupt the usual arc and ...

In 1965, twelve astronauts were allegedly sent on a classified 10-year exchange mission to an alien planet 40 light years away as part of Project Serpo. When most of them returned 13 years later, ...

As Houston shakes off recent winter cold, new global data shows Earth just logged its third-warmest year on record, underscoring a long-term warming trend tied to hotter summers and heavier downpours.

President Trump rated his highly anticipated sit down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping a 12 out of 10. WSJ’s Alexander Ward explains why. Photo: Yonhap/EPA/Shutterstock WASHINGTON—The Trump ...

Rare earth stocks rose quickly after markets opened on Monday morning after Bloomberg reported the Trump administration’s plans to create a $12 billion critical minerals stockpile for American firms ...

Feb. 2 (UPI) --President Donald Trump plans to launch a $12 billion stockpile of rare earth minerals to curb U.S. dependence on China. The project is called Project Vault and it will be funded by a ...

Climb into your car on a cold morning and the seatbelt feels like a frozen rope. Mercedes wants to fix that. The 2027 Mercedes-Benz S-Class adds heated front seatbelts, plus a bigger software stack ...