Mt Ruapehu’s famous crater lake continues to run extraordinarily cool – but scientists watching the volcano remain confident a sudden eruption is unlikely. Temperatures in the ...

"Observations from an overflight, images from GeoNet cameras and satellite imagery combined, suggest that minor eruptive ...

A team led by geophysicist Simon Lamb, of the University of Wellington and scientist Cornel de Ronde, of GNS Science, said the key to our past lies in a remote corner of South Africa and way down on ...

Geoscientists discovered a continent that had been hiding in plain sight for almost 375 years. Historically, there's been speculation about whether a continent known as Zealandia or Te Riu-a-Māui in ...

Gaston County Schools is implementing new science standards that were adopted by the North Carolina State Board of Education in July 2023. Shannon Hullett, elementary director for the district said at ...

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...

The European Union's chief on Tuesday warned that the continent was "losing ground" in the global technology race and must boost research spending to "turn the tide". "We must put research and ...

A magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck at 5.08am, 25km west of Wellington in the Cook Strait. The tremor was felt as far north as ...

As a result, I failed all my science subjects: Chemistry, physics, and biology. At the time, I had no interest in science. I had no idea how it could benefit others and society, either.

Oct. 2, 2024 — U.S. tropical cyclones, including hurricanes, indirectly cause thousands of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm. Researchers estimate an average U.S. tropical cyclone ...

When Amos Abolaji returned to Nigeria from a year abroad, he brought home a strange souvenir — two jars full of fruit flies. The biochemist had been conducting postdoctoral research at the ...