Science

Can we engineer our way out of the climate crisis? New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert on the research and technology that could pull our planet back from the brink.

When you are walking around in the forest, the park, or even the city, do you ever listen to the songs of birds? Really tune in, and list ...

Most countries — especially top carbon polluters China, U.S., and India — missed a deadline for submitting official emission-cutting targets for climate negotiations.

Humans have long tried to mitigate their own destructive impact on the planet through conservation efforts. Often, those efforts are atta ...

In cities, wildlife like raccoons and coyotes tend to elicit shrieks of horror, rather than cries for compassion. Why we should rethink our relationship with urban wildlife.

All four basin states — Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware — supported the ban, citing scientific evidence the practice harms drinking water.

The U.S. is still far behind other countries when it comes to doing enough of the lab work needed to keep track of the variants of SARS-CoV-2.

School closures during the pandemic have pushed education for millions of kids into a virtual setting. The sudden changes have caused som ...

A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in a quest to search for life on Mars.

Photographer Nikki Johnson got a backstage pass to roam the diseased body parts not seen by the public at the Mütter Museum.

What is love? Is it that warm and fuzzy feeling, that crazed obsession, that deep sentiment of trust and good will? It’s all of those t ...

No matter how scientists slice the numbers, the pace of global warming is clear. All ten of the hottest years on record have occurred since 2005.

When we think of “the future,” it sounds like something abstract and faraway — we imagine new inventions, cutting-edge innovations, ...

It is the job of futurists to think about what the future holds. We can use those skills in our lives too.

A new filing alleges South Jersey firm Solvay knew chemicals were toxic but withheld that information.