Science

The harvest moon is the last full moon of the summer. This year it will appear to be full for three days with peak illumination occurring at 7:54 p.m. ET Monday.

It’s one of the first questions we hear on detective shows after a heinous crime has occurred: “What’s the motive?” For hundreds ...

What's behind the decision of a quarter of Americans who haven't been vaccinated? And, with a shortage of ICU beds and ventilators in several states, who gets treated?

People are likely to be confused by common terms like "mitigation" and "carbon neutral," according to a recent study.

With the global pandemic still in the spotlight, more than 200 leading health journals say climate change is an even more urgent threat.

Energy fuels our lives in ways that seem almost magical. It can transform darkness into light, cold into warmth, water into ice. Of cours ...

Multiple projects are coming together to protect a key habitat for the Cumberland County oyster fleet from erosion and rising seas.

Dr. Walter Freeman performed lobotomies with an ice pick through the eye socket....and other stories about doctors who do evil scientific deeds in the name of medicine.

It’s not your imagination — but the bugs aren’t gone. They’re moving north.

The researchers believe that bats and humans both evolved babbling as a precursor to more complex vocal behavior such as singing, or, in the case of people, talking.

Sea-level rise threatens old-growth maritime forest at the national recreation area, as well as the region’s freshwater.

Following the lanternfly’s arrival to New Jersey, the state’s Department of Agriculture issued a quarantine zone that encompassed eight N.J. counties.

WHYY ‘Morning Edition’ host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Mt. Cuba’s Amy Highland about tracking down the plant.

As the world's top climate scientists released a report full of warnings this week, they kept insisting that the world still has a chance to avoid the worst effects of climate

A new battery storage system could make the Philadelphia Navy Yard more attractive to businesses by stabilizing power costs.