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

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.

Health

10 melatonin alternatives for sleep

Spoonfuls of supplements such as chamomile, magnesium pills, vitamin B complex pills and lemon balm.

Health

These 5 foods may be secretly causing your inflammation

Trays of fast food such as donuts, burgers, chicken nuggets, fries and pizza.

Health

Tick bites are on the rise. Here's how to protect yourself.

A tick on a leaf.

Environment

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.

Environment

The Canadian government raised doubts about a climate scientist's LNG research. He says they sounded like fossil fuel lobbyists

Activists participate in the Stand Up for Science 2025 rally at the Lincoln Memorial on March 7, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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..

Weather

30 ways extreme weather affects our food

Space

50 closest star systems to earth and what we might find there

Space

History of dogs in space

Environment

Common household items that are actually bad for the environment

Space

Space discoveries from the year you were born

Plants & Animals

Biggest animals in the world

A small black bird on the back of a capybara.

Environment

10 biggest dangers to the Amazon rainforest

Plants & Animals

How communities are dealing with invasive species across the US

Environment

States with the most landfill waste

Environment

How much carbon dioxide does your state emit?