Himalayas, most people farm for a living. In the 1980s, they largely transitioned from subsistence-based to market-oriented ...

A team of scientists from Korea and Japan has discovered a new type of crystal that can "breathe"—releasing and absorbing ...

In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ancient humans wielded an array of stone tools—known collectively as ...

A plucked guitar string can vibrate for seconds before falling silent. A playground swing, emptied of its passenger, will ...

Humans adapt to floods through private measures, early warning systems, emergency preparedness and other solutions. A new attribution study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) ...

Much previous work in the social sciences has involved researchers—often but not always from the Global North—collecting data from rural communities in the Global South on a wide range of topics from ...