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

How to power the AI economy while supporting local communities

An aerial view of the QTS Data center under construction in Phoenix, Arizona.

Worm-inspired treatments inch toward the clinic

Laboratory worker using modern microscope to examine helminths.

AI-fueled fake IDs and identity theft: What you need to know

Person holding a virtual ID.

Tick populations have surged in the Northeast. Here’s how to keep you and your pets safe this summer.

Silhouette of a tick seen through a leaf in a garden.

Environment

Eco-anxiety in little kids? These early childhood teachers are on the case.

A preschooler at Palmer Elementary in Denver prepares to plant wildflowers in a pot she decorated.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

How to support your mental health after a natural disaster

A woman in a raincoat looking over a huge flood.

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.

This city removed water fluoridation and is now reinstating it. Here’s what it cost residents.

Skyline of Calgary during sunset with golden light reflecting off skyscrapers.

Eco-anxiety in little kids? These early childhood teachers are on the case.

A preschooler at Palmer Elementary in Denver prepares to plant wildflowers in a pot she decorated.

What the U.S. can learn from Japan’s experience with an aging population

Four elderly women chatting in a garden in Takayama, Japan.

Are eating disorders genetic? Here's the data

A mother having a good time with her young daughter in a cafe outdoors.

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.