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.

Health

Are you mentally healthy? 15 signs to look for

Young woman happily relaxing during a break at work showing a positive work-life balance.

Science

Americans are overconfident about understanding their blood pressure—and may avoid getting needed treatment

A senior black man measuring his blood pressure using a digital monitor.

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.

Health

Aspiration during surgery: When it's a sign of medical malpractice

Doctors perform surgery of a cardiac stent transplant in a hospital.

Health

Kidney disease is the third-fastest-growing cause of death globally. Here's why doctors are sounding the alarm.

A medical professional in a white coat holds a kidney model while addressing a person seated across from them. Using a pointer, the doctor highlights specific parts of the model, which is mounted on a stand.

Science

Six years studying a deadly disease. One promising treatment. Then came Trump funding cuts.

Biologists work to develop and test a probiotic that can help bats fight off white-nose syndrome.

Health

Chronic pain is extremely common. What is it, and why is it so hard for many Americans to get relief?

A woman sitting at a desk, grimacing and holding her hand on her back.

Health

10 ways Mental Health Awareness Month has made a difference—and how you can get involved

Young adults and a mental health counselor wearing a green ribbon and holding up a "you are not alone" sign to drive support during Mental Health Awareness month.

Health

What parents need to know about the measles vaccine

One year-old River Jacobs is held by his mother while he receives an MMR vaccine at a vaccine clinic in Lubbock, Texas.

Health

The truth about cortisol, aging, and weight loss in women

A woman checks waist size in front of the mirror.