Science

In 2019, blue-green algae bloomed in freshwater lakes, and toxins affected wildlife, boating and swimming. A new initiative aims for better in summer 2020.

Because of the pandemic, researchers are learning more about how falsehoods spread on social media — and hopefully how to stop them.

With warmer temperatures and a recent full moon, the annual nesting season for northern diamondback terrapins is beginning at the Jersey Shore. 

A dam gate and a tugboat are the latest items to join artificial reefs off the New Jersey coast, state officials announced.

Deja Bond earned a master’s degree from NYU Center for Data Science in May.

There was a time when seeing was believing — but that’s changing, thanks to new technology that’s elevating fakery to a whole new l ...

Black astronomers, cosmologists and physicists organized the worldwide strike as a day to stop doing science and start addressing racism within academia.

The Borough of Chambersburg could soon generate a quarter of its electricity from renewable energy.

A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era of commercial space travel.

A study finds rising temperatures and climate-driven disasters transform the very makeup of forests, with major implications for biodiversity and more warming.

Imagine for a moment a world without air conditioners, refrigerators, fans, or even ice. We take them for granted — but keeping cool is ...

The launch Wednesday afternoon will be the first of Americans from the U.S. in nearly a decade.

A raptor expert successfully rescued an osprey hatchling on Tuesday morning in Island Beach State Park.

Doug Tallamy discusses his new book, "Nature's Best Hope" about how to turn our yards into wildlife supporting habitat.

In the 1950s, people lived in fear their children might be stricken with infantile paralysis, better known as polio — and they were eager for scientists to find a solution.