First, light passes through the optical components of the eyes such as the cornea, pupil and lens. Together, they help focus the light onto the retina that senses light, while also controlling the ...

We already rely heavily on hydrogen gas as a fuel source, and it's considered key to reaching crucial carbon-neutral goals.

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...

Humans love beer: worldwide, we can go through more than 187.9 million kiloliters (49.6 billion gallons) of it in just one ...

Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, Earth's rotation has been gradually slowing down, and its days have gotten progressively longer as a result.

In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new ...

We've long known that a lack of sleep is bad for the heart – but scientists are now starting to understand exactly how it ...

A hawk in New Jersey has been seen using a clever, urban hunting strategy: taking sound cues from traffic signals to exploit ...

US forecasters are expecting an above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, with 13 to 19 named storms, and 6 to 10 of those ...

In a promising new study, scientists have adapted an experimental cancer treatment to control celiac disease. The method ...

And yet, in high altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau, where oxygen levels in the air people breathe are notably lower than lower ...

The JWST has done it again. The powerful space telescope has already revealed the presence of bright galaxies only several ...