The Earth’s ambipolar electric field is weak but strong enough to control the shape and evolution of the upper atmosphere.

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AI might help lift conspiracy theorists out of the rabbit hole, but some researchers say proceed with caution.

Long-lasting, widespread heat and weather extremes may have caused the Great Dying extinction event 252 million years ago.

Researchers working in the field of agrivoltaics are studying how to combine solar farming with grazing, crop production or ecological restoration.

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ChatGPT and similar AI sort those who use African American English dialect into less prestigious jobs and dole out harsher criminal punishments.

Droughts temporarily dampen the number of valley fever cases across the state, but cases spike in the years after rains return.

Scientists can estimate how much more likely or severe some past natural disasters were due to human-caused climate change. Here's how.

DNA from a partial skeleton found in France indicates that European Neandertals consisted of at least two genetically distinct populations.

The strain imparted by an earthquake can generate voltages in quartz veins that stimulate the mineralization of gold.

A man who received a partial face transplant that included an eye can’t see out of the eye, but there is blood flow to it.