Science
With a fire burning just miles away, residents of ...
As the Pioneer Fire crept within a mile and a half of the remote northern town of Stehekin, Washington, emergency manage...
NASA weighs Boeing vs. SpaceX choice in bringing b...
NASA management has been in deep discussion this week about whether to return the agency’s astronauts on board Boeing’s ...
Young climate advocates think Harris can do more f...
President Biden passed the U.S.’ most significant climate legislation, but leaders of youth climate groups see Kamala Ha...
56 days and counting: Two NASA astronauts are stil...
Eight weeks after they launched, two NASA astronauts are still waiting aboard the space station as engineers try to addr...
Triathletes swim in Seine as last-minute testing s...
After months of speculation about whether the River Seine would be clean enough for Olympic athletes to compete in it, o...
Wildfire smoke is probably harming your brain
Parts of California, Oregon and Montana are facing unhealthy levels of air pollution as several large fires blaze, inclu...
Smoke from wildfires in Canada and the West Coast ...
Intense wildfires in western Canada have sent plumes of smoke across North America, and fires in Oregon, Idaho and Calif...
Research on bird flu in cows shows how efficiently...
Research into the bird flu outbreaks on dairy farms describes how efficiently the virus has spread between cows and from...
Monday was the world's hottest day ever recorded —...
Sunday’s record as the hottest day ever recorded on Earth lasted only until Monday, as the planet broke records back-to-...
Hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone sends up gey...
Visitors were left running for safety at Yellowstone National Park after a hydrothermal explosion sent rock and steam sp...
Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth
Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The average ...
Northern lights may be visible this week over seve...
The northern lights may be visible Tuesday and Wednesday over several northern states, from New York to Idaho.
Arizona officials warning about spread of potentia...
Arizona public health officials are warning that hantavirus, a virus spread by rodents to humans, is causing an increase...
Despite sizeable cuts to emissions, U.S. still far...
The U.S. is making cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions as clean energy booms — but not enough to hit the target set und...
A third of Hurricane Beryl deaths in Texas were ca...
Seven deaths in Texas caused by Hurricane Beryl were the result of heat exposure because of widespread power outages.
California fire outlook grows more worrisome after...
The heart of fire season is still weeks away, but more than twice the usual acreage has burned in California for this ti...
Four dead in a week: Heat leads to tragedies in st...
Four hikers have died due to heat in state and national parks this month, with several more heat deaths suspected.
What the 9 human cases of bird flu in the U.S. so ...
U.S. cases of bird flu have been relatively mild and limited to farm workers who handled sick animals – a sign the virus...
Near-complete Stegosaurus fossil sells for record ...
A 150-million-year-old, 20-foot-long Stegosaurus skeleton that is nearly complete sold at an auction for a record $44.6 ...
Melting ice is slowing Earth's spin, shifting its ...
Melting ice is slowing Earth's spin and causing changes to its axis, new studies find. The shifts are causing feedback b...