A new Nature Physics study has shed light on the long-hypothesized liquid-liquid critical point where water simultaneously ...

A team of entomologists went into Yellowstone National Park to understand how a tiny beetle could thrive in an incredibly ...

The arid desert landscape of Death Valley may not seem the obvious place to find water. Yet it’s here, in one of the planet’s hottest and driest places, that MIT engineers decided to trial new ...

The universe is full of icy worlds that scientists suspect could serve as homes for alien life. These celestial bodies are so cold that humans could never set foot upon them without freezing to death ...