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

The food and beverage recalls in May 2025

Hands opening fridge door and putting package of food in it.

Can you get a cold in the summer? Tips to treat and prevent summer sniffles

Young woman with a cold sitting under a blanket on a sofa.

What is addiction, and how can we stop it?

Climate disasters inflict outsized harm on pregnant and young families

Residents that canoed the flooded South Fork New River talk at a washed out road on September 27, 2024 in Boone, North Carolina

Environment

Climate disasters inflict outsized harm on pregnant and young families

Residents that canoed the flooded South Fork New River talk at a washed out road on September 27, 2024 in Boone, North Carolina

Environment

Earth's orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse.

Long-exposure taken over 30 seconds showing many satellites moving across the night sky appearing as dotted lines.

Environment

What makes middle school even worse? Climate anxiety.

An elementary school flooded from the Lumber River during Hurricane Matthew's aftermath in Lumberton, North Carolina.

Environment

Abandoned coal mines are becoming the batteries of the future

A gravity energy storage prototype created in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Environment

Why chocolate is ridiculously expensive right now

A cocoa farmer dries cocoa beans in the village of Satikran near Abengourou, eastern Ivory Coast.

Plants & Animals

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

States that produce the most Christmas trees

Parent and child loading Christmas tree on to the roof of their car.

Plants & Animals

From tea bags to cinnamon, survey reveals favorite hacks for making a garden grow

A lady holding a basket full of different vegetables harvested from her garden.

Plants & Animals

Got invasive plants? Call a herd of goats

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

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

Weather

Mango farms where? Climate change is scrambling where the world's food is grown.

Six varieties of mangoes line the fields at PapaMango in Sicily.

Weather

Oh, great: Rat populations are surging as cities heat up

A rat looking for food in a New York City subway station platform.

Weather

Fast fashion is haunting L.A.'s wildfire relief efforts

Volunteers sort through piles of clothing and textile donations made to California wildfire victims.

Weather

Rising heat drives drought more than lack of rain, UCLA study says

A view of fields scorched by a wildfire in Northern California.

Weather

How do hurricanes affect baby names?

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

Health

The food and beverage recalls in May 2025

Hands opening fridge door and putting package of food in it.

Can you get a cold in the summer? Tips to treat and prevent summer sniffles

Young woman with a cold sitting under a blanket on a sofa.

What is addiction, and how can we stop it?

Climate disasters inflict outsized harm on pregnant and young families

Residents that canoed the flooded South Fork New River talk at a washed out road on September 27, 2024 in Boone, North Carolina

Atorvastatin and the fight against high cholesterol: A lifesaving drug for millions

Boxes of Lipitor on a pharmacy shelf.

The hidden price of free: How businesses' cost-cutting tech choices compromise your security

A user is seen activating a 30-day free trial of an app.

Summer's arrival underscores the importance of skin protection

Black woman wearing black suit and white-framed sunglasses applies sunscreen sitting by pool in summer sun

AI-powered social engineering scams are getting savvier. Here’s how consumers can protect themselves

A smartphone's recorder capturing a user's voice.

Health

Here's why caring for an aging parent is taking a toll on women in the 'sandwich' generation

A woman in her 30s pushes another older woman in a wheelchair down a hallway.

How AI can help (or hurt) your mental health: 5 prompts experts recommend

Chatbots in psychotherapy concept with person sitting on green couch with mental state represented by scribble typing to bot on screen replying via text.