People spend about 80-90% of their time indoors, and graduate students of academic institutes could spend up to 15 hours per day in their offices. 

Australia, the driest inhabited continent, is prone to natural disasters and wild swings in weather conditions – from floods to droughts, heatwaves and bushfires.

As climate change continues to trigger the rise in temperature, increase drier conditions and shift precipitation patterns, adapting to new conditions will be critical for the long-term survival of most species.

First vaccinations have now begun in Mali in a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine developed at the University of Oxford. 

A new modeling study led by two NOAA researchers highlights the vast challenges and potentially damaging consequences of solar geoengineering actions large enough to ward off extreme warming by the end of the 21st century.

Trust, safety and security are the most important factors affecting passengers’ attitudes towards self-driving cars.

Oxygen is essential for the development of higher life. However, it was hardly present in the oceans of the young Earth.

A recent study analyses data collected at 44 of the darkest places in the world, including the Canary Island Observatories, to develop the first complete reference method to measure the natural brightness of the night sky using low-cost photometers.

A new study from McGill University suggests that some Icelandic killer whales have very high concentrations of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in their blubber.

Plants are unparalleled in their ability to capture CO2 from the air, but this benefit is temporary, as leftover crops release carbon back into the atmosphere, mostly through decomposition.