From global volcanic events to past El Niño circulations to the presence of microbial life, scientists at NCPOR have been ...

When a whale dies in the ocean, an ecosystem grows around its sunken carcass. It’s an epic burial at sea, something researchers call a whale fall. The body is a literal smorgasbord on which deep sea ...

Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.

Cereals are among the most important staple foods. Wheat alone provides around 20 percent of the global supply of protein and calories. However, its ...

Key Points Years of studying natural surfaces-like the nanopillared wings of cicadas and dragonflies-have revealed a powerful ...

High in the Arctic, a cluster of new findings from Greenland is forcing scientists to redraw some of the most basic diagrams ...

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More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...

WE’LL BRING YOU THAT SOON. ALSO, BREAKING TWO PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE ARE DEAD IN AN APPARENT MURDER SUICIDE. THE ESSEX COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS A 32 YEAR OLD MAN AND 30 YEAR OLD WOMAN WERE ...

A man was arrested Friday following an hours-long standoff with police at a Leominster home where a woman was found dead, the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office announced Sunday night.

A woman was found dead in a fire at a house in Easton, Massachusetts, investigators said Friday. Easton Fire Chief Justin Alexander said firefighters were initially called to the home on North Main ...

It was a Tuesday night in early December, and the weather was awful, the slushy epitome of a “wintry mix.” In Maynard, a half-dozen diehard Deadheads were huddled along the bar rail at Sanctuary, a ...