It's annual property tax collection season, and with it may come questions about how those property taxes are used and, if ...

Intricate designs engraved across the surface of 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory were inspired by ...

Crystals are usually imagined as rigid objects with flat faces and straight edges. A research team led by the University of ...

Put a drop of water into a very hot pan, and it can skitter across the surface on a cushion of vapor. This is known as the ...

Our sense of taste is critical for survival, alerting us to substances that provide vital nutrients and those that might ...

As the climate warms, people are more exposed to heat stress, which depresses productivity and the global economy. A study ...

A new species of snake that feeds exclusively on birds' eggs has been discovered in the Harenna Forest in Ethiopia, one of ...

One of Athens' crowning jewels is the Parthenon, a classical temple on the Acropolis that overlooks the Greek capital.

While most people are aware of how plastic, arsenic and various industrial chemicals can pollute bodies of water, the effects ...

Some track cyclists appear to break the rules of physics, but a new study, published in the journal Royal Society Open ...

A healthy, green lawn can be the envy of any neighborhood, but how does someone cultivate a yard like that? Assistant ...

Ecologists are collecting more data than ever before, but many still lack confidence in the quantitative skills needed to ...