As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

Social media has been buzzing lately about \"plant parenting\", which is not a mere hobby anymore; it has turned into a whole ...

Pick up some new native plants: Sonoma Ecology Center has a native plant sale from noon to 3 p.m. every Friday at Sonoma Garden Park, 19996 Seventh St. East. The sale offers a variety of California ...

Plastic has become part of everyday life, but its benefits come with a serious cost. Cheap, durable plastics accumulate in ...

A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected.

Perhaps the best way to confront the swiftly changing landscape is to swallow hard, and then move forward with a fresh ...

Antarctica is known for being a rather inhospitable place, what with its extreme cold, violent winds, and low levels of water – it is technically a desert. Much of continent also sits at high altitude ...

Butterflies are often considered bellwether species for climate change, and to retain the cooler climates they need for their ...

In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how by the ...

Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the ...

"The Romance of Reality" explains how life and consciousness can proliferate despite the seeming contradiction between ...

They all spearheaded the planting of trees whose shade they knew they would not likely live to enjoy. Our leaders need to ...