Stephanie Pappas

The Great Pyramid of Giza has survived for more than 4,600 years despite nearby earthquakes, and new research reveals why.

More young people are getting colorectal cancer — here's what scientists think might be happening

A new study finds that climate change is creating environments where humans have never successfully cultivated rice before.

Mount Etna's strange lava has long perplexed scientists, but new research reveals that the volcano formed in a bizarre way — making it unlike any other known volcano on Earth.

Drought could fuel the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs as climate change worsens, new research suggests

Today's sea level rise is significant enough to slow the rotation of the planet by just over a millisecond per century.

New research finds that climate-driven shifts in wildfire seasons in North America are different depending on the ecosystem.

"Monogenic" diseases, triggered by mutations in just one gene, may actually be more complex than scientists thought.

A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make such a devastating tsunami.

Researchers were once unsure whether mantle earthquakes existed. Now they have a global map of this mysterious phenomenon.