Scientists have discovered a new way plants sense heat. Plants use sunlight, sugar, and internal signals. This helps them grow in warm conditions....

A surprising discovery by Dutch scientists could offer new clues about how life began on Earth. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and...

It is a scenario beloved of Hollywood: a huge asteroid, several miles wide, is on a collision course with Earth. Scientists check and recheck their...

It is a scenario beloved of Hollywood: a huge asteroid, several miles wide, is on a collision course with Earth. Scientists check and recheck their...

News stories about the likely existence of aliens, and our chances of detecting them, tend to be positive. We are often told that we might discover it...

A new global study has found that plants’ root system includes a second “secret” set of deep roots that reach farther underground than...

Mapaballo Borotho A cold front has swept into Gauteng, bringing with it temperatures that dropped to an icy negative one on a Friday. As the...

How do you measure climate change? One way is by recording temperatures in different places over a long period of time. While this works well, natural...

How do you measure climate change? One way is by recording temperatures in different places over a long period of time. While this works well, natural...

Scientists achieved a breakthrough. They bred healthy, fertile mice using DNA from two sperm cells. This was done through epigenetic programming....