The Ontong Java Plateau in the western Pacific Ocean is the largest oceanic plateau on Earth, and its formation mechanism has not been well understood.

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) -- Nathan Olivarri, who was standing at the podium for graduation at Legacy The School for Sport Sciences, called himself valedictorian after a judge decided the honor was ...

Earth and Planetary Sciences professor David T. Johnston will serve as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ next dean of the Sciences, FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra announced Tuesday. Johnston, who has ...

It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Recent grads have a higher unemployment rate than those in just about every other major—yes, even philosophy. The internet is littered with rants ...

Chicago is home to a wide array of museums, from revered institutions like the Field Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago to those dedicated to specific subjects such as sports and photography. One ...

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Scientists may have uncovered a surprising secret behind why life exists at all. A new study suggests that the Universe’s fundamental constants — the deep physical rules that govern everything from ...

Scientists have announced the results of a decade-long quest to measure Newton’s gravitational constant, the force that keeps our feet on the ground and holds planets in orbit. The pursuit was more or ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Prem Kumar has been named interim chair of the McCormick School of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, effective September 1, 2026. Kumar takes ...

Ronald Breaker, a pioneering biochemist and longtime leader in the sciences at Yale, has been named the next dean of science in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), FAS Dean Steven Wilkinson ...