Hydrous mantle minerals reveal possible source of seismic anisotropy in stagnant slabs

With people increasingly adopting AI to help plan their vacations, hotels are working to make sure that you check them out—and check in.

Children from previous relationships growing up as siblings in a new family, couples adopting or fostering children: So-called patchwork families are a widespread way of life today. It is considered modern, but is in fact ancient, according to a recent analysis of human genetic material from the Neolithic period.

At least 16 people have died of heatstroke in southern India so far this summer, officials said Sunday, as a heat wave grips swathes of the country following official health warnings.

When you look up at the sky on a sunny day, the sun might seem like a bright spot, unchanging in the sky. But the sun is a complex, dynamic celestial body, wrapped in electrical currents and magnetic fields that constantly move and tangle as it rotates. At times the sun's surface is very active, casting out powerful bursts of plasma called coronal mass ejections, while at other times it is calmer.