SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Australia's tropical rainforests have become the first in the world to release more carbon than they absorb, in a trend linked to climate change, a study has found. Rainforests are usually regarded as so-called "carbon sinks" as they absorb...

More than £13m has been given to a town's trust to continue its work improving the health and wellbeing of local residents.The money from Luton Rising, the Luton Borough Council company that owns London Luton Airport, has been given...

Washington — A scientist laid off by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said "the everyday American should be very concerned" by reductions in force amid the government shutdown.The scientist, one of hundreds...

John LaurensonBusiness reporter, RotterdamAFP via Getty ImagesAt the Dutch energy ministry, which is actually called the Ministry for Climate Policy and Green Growth, the Minister Sophie Hermans wasn't available for an interview. But her office gave a statement:"In hindsight,...

Prehistoric hominids have been exposed to poisonous lead for at least 2 million years, a study of fossil teeth...

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To help mitigate climate change, companies are using bioreactors to grow algae and other microorganisms that are...

MIT Music and Theater Arts fondly remembers the legacy of Professor Emerita Jeanne Shapiro Bamberger, who passed away...

A telltale hint was on the bee’s knees.An analysis of 127 fossil flowers, flower buds and bees from central Germany revealed pollen particles that precisely matched ancient flowers to their pollinators. The fossils date to around 24 million years...

High in the Argentinian Andes, a team of palaeontologists has found a small dinosaur fossil with the first hints...