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

This is how you stop data trackers from sucking up your health data

Illustration showing person using laptop with personal information in the background symbolizing the threat of private data at risk of being shared.

Men aren’t getting the help they need for ED — here’s why

Computer screen showing telehealth call with male balding doctor sitting in office with stethoscope around his neck, while person dressed in plaid long sleeve shirt in foreground converses on video call with his back to the camera.

Is summer bad for body image? Here's what studies say

A stylish man looking in front of the mirror to check his outfit.

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.

Environment

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.

This little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making your city hotter

Workers install a new roof on the Rogers Centre, home of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.

Environment

The fix for parched Western states: Recycled toilet water

The director of water re-use operations for startup Epic Cleantec holds up a sample of treated water.

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

Plants & Animals

Plants & Animals

How farmers can help rescue water-loving birds

A flock of sandhill cranes in Louisiana.

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

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).

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

How do hurricanes affect baby names?

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

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

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.

The hidden gap: Understanding gender disparities in ADHD diagnosis

Young female college student feeling burned out in a classroom.

Health

Digestive issues are on the rise in the US. Here are 5 of the most common conditions.

Young woman lying on sofa with closed eyes and holding her stomach.

From New York to Arizona, more states consider curbing drug testing at childbirth

Newborn baby lying in bassinet in hospital with toes and feet in focus.

This is how you stop data trackers from sucking up your health data

Illustration showing person using laptop with personal information in the background symbolizing the threat of private data at risk of being shared.

Men aren’t getting the help they need for ED — here’s why

Computer screen showing telehealth call with male balding doctor sitting in office with stethoscope around his neck, while person dressed in plaid long sleeve shirt in foreground converses on video call with his back to the camera.

Is summer bad for body image? Here's what studies say

A stylish man looking in front of the mirror to check his outfit.

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.

Building a career in the rising telehealth nursing industry: A complete guide

A nurse on a virtual consultation.

Is substance abuse worse in the summer? Here’s the data

Concert crowd in front of bright stage lights.

Weight-loss injections are dominating the market: Where will GLP-1 pills fit in?

Ozempic semaglutide injection pen and Rybelsus Semaglutide tablets.