New research links grain prices to the start of the agricultural season in eastern and southern Africa. The findings could help predict famine.

New research suggests high water content in magma can significantly reduce the risk that a volcano will explode. That's not what experts thought.

Earth could be alien to humans by 2500 if we don't reach emissions goals, report a team of scientists.

Two physicists propose a new, bolder approach to planetary defense called PI, or "Pulverize It."

Part of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for work modeling Earth’s climate using its chaotic, complex weather. To scientists, chaos lies in the gray zone between randomness and predictability.

A new framework may suggest which drug combinations would speed up, slow down, or even reverse antibiotic resistance.

By letting machines recommend movies and decide whom to hire, humans are losing their unpredictable nature – and possibly the ability to make everyday judgments, as well.

A large-scale international study uses metagenomics and blood analysis to uncover gut microbes associated with the risks for common illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.

Whether you are predicting the outcome of an election or studying how effective a new drug is, there will always be some uncertainty. A margin of error is how statisticians measure that uncertainty.

Instagram's Shop button signals the growing commodification of human interactions on social media.