A new study challenges the dream of water-rich “Hycean” planets like K2-18b, suggesting that most sub-Neptunes lose their water deep into their interiors during formation. Instead of vast oceans, ...

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

Copper selenide (Cu₂Se) attracts scientific interest for its thermoelectric ability to convert heat into electricity, but a ...

Have you heard of the Sprengel pump? It’s how they drew hard vacuum back before mechanical pumps were perfected — the first light bulbs had their vacuums drawn with Sprengel pumps, for ...

Study: Air purifiers could do more harm than good PNP: 2 nabbed for bribe try to get sabungero kin to withdraw affidavit ...

Diana, Princess of Wales was smuggled into a London pub disguised as Freddie Mercury’s boyfriend by late comedian Kenny ...

Uncontained byproduct from an abandoned oil field in eastern Syria is seeping into the soil and slowly flowing closer to the Euphrates River, threatening its contamination. ● Heavy monsoon rains ...

SAN JOAQUIN, Mexico (AP) — A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of Earth’s most toxic elements.

Soaring international gold prices are driving up the price of mercury, a toxic metal key in illegal gold mining, to all-time ...

Here are some takeaways from AP’s report on the issue: ...