Science

Real Estate

Undeterred by climate change, US homeowners are moving to climate-vulnerable areas

County Map of wildfire risk based on FEMA National Risk Index

Health

8 emerging uses for medical cannabis

Woman holding pipette of medical cannabis oil.

Heart health: The risks that no one thinks about

Person wearing sleep tracking heart rate monitor smartwatch in bed.

10 US cities providing accessible dialysis services

Patient sits getting hooked up to dialysis machine with nurse helping set up.

Inside the urgent effort to save endangered coral reefs

Drone panoramic view of Rose island, Bahamas, 5 kilometers east of Paradise Island.

Environment

Inside the urgent effort to save endangered coral reefs

Drone panoramic view of Rose island, Bahamas, 5 kilometers east of Paradise Island.

Climate disasters can alter kids’ brains — before they’re even born

A man carries a pregnant woman through a flooded road in La Lima, Honduras after the low pressure system "Eta" caused heavy rainfall throughout the region.

Canada just made national parks free this summer. Can we love nature without hurting it?

A view of the Spirit Island of Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park of Alberta, Canada.

Support for renewables shrinks as fossil fuel interest grows

Wind turbines in federal ocean waters installed in 2020 as part of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot project.

Former Navy SEALs are diving to save the ocean

A group of former navy SEALs underwater.

Plants & Animals

Plants & Animals

Rotten tricks: How hot and stinky plants woo pollinators

A collage of thermogenic plants, clockwise from top left: sago palm (Cycas revoluta); Eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), elephant-foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius), Yulan magnolia (Magnolia denudata), calico-flower (Aristolochia littoralis), American lotus (Nelumbo lutea), titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris), Florida anise (Illicium floridanum), Rhizanthes lowii, dead-horse arum (Helicodiceros muscivorus).

Plants & Animals

Got invasive plants? Call a herd of goats

Two goats in a herd smiling happily eating invasive plants in a wide land.

Plants & Animals

Fish are thriving in the river Seine

A view of one of the bridges over the river Seine in Paris, France.

Plants & Animals

Planning for spring's garden? Bees like variety and don't care about your neighbors' yards

Closeup on a bumblebee feeding on a yellow cosmos flower.

Plants & Animals

How farmers can help rescue water-loving birds

A flock of sandhill cranes in Louisiana.

Space

Space

5 of the rarest astronomical events—and when you'll next see them

The head of Halley's Comet as photographed by Dr George Willis Ritchey.

Space

25 of the best places to see the solar eclipse across the US

The beginning of a solar eclipse as seen through very light cloud cover.

Space

23 astronomical events to look out for in 2023

A view of a Perseid meteor shower in a purple sky with pine trees in the foreground.

Space

33 groundbreaking NASA missions in photographs

Webb NIRCam composite image from two filters – F212N (orange) and F335M (cyan) – of Jupiter system.

Space

Space discoveries that will blow your mind

An image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals Stephans Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies

Weather

Extreme heat is becoming more common in the U.S. Here’s how to stay safe.

A person walks their dog in the morning when temperatures climb.

How to support your mental health after a natural disaster

A woman in a raincoat looking over a huge flood.

Weather

What hurricane season was like the year you were born

A train underwater, a beach road destroyed after a storm and a figure watching palm trees bend in the waves and wind.

Weather

How do hurricanes affect baby names?

A sleeping baby bundled in a blue beanie with a pom pom and a blue blanket..

Weather

15 ways to stay cool this summer without AC

Person's hands applying UV filter film on glass window

How AI can make infectious disease surveillance smarter, faster, and more useful

Concept of doctors using AI illustrated with medical professional with white coat and stethoscope using laptop computer with AI icons and symbols overlaid.

What happens to leftover hotel soap? How organizations are reducing waste while addressing hygiene inequality

A worker wearing a fluorescent yellow vest, a face mask, blue gloves and ear protection processes small soaps for packaging.

What one town learned by charging residents for every bag of trash

Four different container for sorting garbage for plastic, paper, metal and organic waste

How return-to-office policies are shaping employee mental health

Black woman with glasses placing plants on an office desk with a clear plastic bin full of belongings on table.

The role of AI in shaping auto insurance

Person photographing passenger side headlight of damaged black car with smart phone for accident insurance.

Feeling off? It might be dehydration

Two children, one Black with an afro and one light skinned child with long hair tied back sit at a table drinking glasses of water.

Health

8 emerging uses for medical cannabis

Woman holding pipette of medical cannabis oil.

Heart health: The risks that no one thinks about

Person wearing sleep tracking heart rate monitor smartwatch in bed.

10 US cities providing accessible dialysis services

Patient sits getting hooked up to dialysis machine with nurse helping set up.

Inside the urgent effort to save endangered coral reefs

Drone panoramic view of Rose island, Bahamas, 5 kilometers east of Paradise Island.