Many impact craters on Earth have been erased thanks to wind, water, and plate tectonics. But scientists have clever ways to find them.

The cycles of life all rely on the dynamism of the Earth’s crust.

Generally lazy, often friendly, the dogs of India know how to relax.

Widespread market failure and unemployment triggered by the coronavirus pandemic have set off a crisis of domestic migration in India.

Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov's hypothesis on the evolution of rye is now accepted. But in the 1930s, his research got him arrested.

Theoretical physicist Francesca Vidotto on feminist epistemology, white holes, string theory, and her book (with Carlo Rovelli) on loop quantum gravity.

Does it explain why we’re having so much trouble sleeping?

Preprints are academic papers that haven't been peer-reviewed yet. When preprints make news, that's often overlooked.

Genome recoding could offer new modes of virus resistance, but the technology raises serious ethical concerns.

On the eve of its 6th polio-free anniversary, India immunizes over 170 million children, despite a lack of roads, reinfection threats, and a periodic mistrust of vaccines.