It is an unfortunate result of being human that we are biased by our first impressions. For example, we are often blinded when we encounter a subject area’s data for the first time. The initial data ...

This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was chopped down in Rensselaer County, New York. Statistically speaking, that’s unusual. While New York state is one of the 10 leading producers of ...

Duplicates of crystal structures are flooding databases, implicating repositories hosting organic, inorganic, and ...

Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand. When you purchase ...

Picture a forested hillside stripped bare, replaced by row after row of black solar panels. That’s the tradeoff many communities face: renewable power at the cost of ecosystems. But a growing body of ...

This year, twisters swirled down from ominous Iowa skies, scraping jagged paths across communities and landscapes. Treacherous winds shoved trees, structures and power lines to the ground; ...