Science

Primatologist Frans de Waal discusses his new book, "Mama's Last Hug" about wide range of emotions that animals display.and what they tell us about ourselves.

A group of prominent scientists and bioethicists is calling for a global moratorium on any new attempts to bring gene-edited babies into the world.

Last year, China drastically cut back its imports of plastic waste to recycle. Now the U.S. and other wealthy nations must figure out what to do with their discards.

The Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new U.N. report says.

Three Mile Island Alert is asking federal regulators to analyze what the group calls a “potentially dangerous and risky condition” at Exelon's Three Mile Island plant.

Energy Transfer says the probe into the construction of the Mariner East pipelines "has no legitimate basis."

The partial meltdown at Three Mile Island left areas of the facility highly radioactive and inaccessible to humans. Along came a young group of researchers and robots.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has reached an agreement with an Alabama company over the costs of plugging 1,400 abandoned wells in the state.

The interim report foresees a ‘massive’ construction project costing ‘several billion dollars.’

Let's imagined that we've ended global warming. Humans are no longer releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Here's what life is like in a zero-carbon world.

Imagine what might happen if the government itself had embraced an official anti-vaccine policy.

Scientists hope to genetically modify microbes from the human microbiome to treat a range of diseases, including digestive disorders.

Pennsylvania is looking for new ways to fight the invasive spotted lanternfly, nearly five years after it was first discovered in Berks County.

The Atacama desert in Chile is one of the most arid places on the planet – averaging less than one inch of rainfall per year! High ...

French journalist Jacques Tiziou left behind thousands of collectors’ items related to space travel. His son is cataloguing the artifacts, and hopes to share them.