In essence, it’s a type of symmetry breaking. Any two processes that act as activator and inhibitor will produce periodic ...

Floods account for up to 40% of weather-related disasters worldwide, and their frequency has more than doubled since 2000, ...

Scientists have discovered a "perfect disordered hyperuniform" pattern in how plants arrange themselves across many dry ...

Scientists warn that losing Africa’s large animals is draining ecosystem energy and reshaping the continent’s biodiversity.

Brazilian researchers have developed a technique that estimates the force exerted on each grain of sand in a dune from images ...

In China's Guizhou province, smooth oval stones emerge from cliff faces, a geological phenomenon locals call \"egg stones.\" ...

A new study shows bonnethead sharks reshape their skin with age, fine-tuning millions of scales for faster, stronger, and smoother swimming.

Rain is the most ordinary of things. It should nourish crops, fill reservoirs and cool the air. Yet, for millions of people ...

Recently I filmed a vast tract of a flat estuary surface. It was at low tide and the sound heard when the boats engine shut, ...

The recent rains and nor’easter might have moved the needle a little bit, but it’ll take more steady, consistent storms to ...

Earth's valleys tell an ancient story of ice and power. Over millions of years, massive glaciers have carved, sculpted, and ...