For more than half a century, nuclear power has faced strong public opposition driven by fears of catastrophic accidents. Meanwhile, fossil fuels continue to dominate the global energy system despite ...

Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.

Researchers believe these creatures started out on four legs and later began walking on two legs as they grew.

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a meter-long bony fish with jaws ...