Climate change might leave a bad taste in your mouth. Literally.
The conversation about food and climate change often centers on how a warming climate will affect the quantity of food we can harvest. But as it turns out, a warmer world could change the quality, even...
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We asked our staff about the craziest intersections in the world and then...
By now, you've probably noticed that Google rolled out a pretty comical April Fools' Day feature this year: plopping Ms. Pac-Man right in the middle of the street of the Google Maps mobile app. We used...
View ArticleHow do tiny little bee brains do so much?
Recently, researchers at Queen Mary University of London trained a group of buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) to get little balls into goals — in a soccer-like game — in exchange for sweet...
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Returning to the secret government lab where my grandfather worked
My grandfather, Charles Barton Sr., was a man of many contradictions. The son of religious Appalachian parents, he ended up working on some of the most cutting-edge chemistry of his day for the US...
View ArticlePresident Trump, with new coal jobs on the horizon, what will you do to keep...
Over President Donald Trump's first 100 days, we're asking him questions that our audience wants answers to. Join the project by tweeting this question to @realDonaldTrump with the hashtag...
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Nepal’s air pollution threatens humans and glaciers
At one of the busiest intersections in Kathmandu, business is good for 64-year-old Nucche Khadka. He says he’s been working this spot for 40 years, selling crackers, candy and cigarettes. A steady...
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Researchers may have cracked the case of how Ötzi the Iceman died
There’s a lot of mystery surrounding Ötzi the Iceman, Europe's oldest natural mummy. The best guess is that 5,300 years ago, Ötzi was crossing an alpine ridge in the Italian Alps, where he was murdered...
View ArticleHere are a few ways to make the most of wildflower season
Despite winter’s scattered protests (like the blizzard that hit the Northeast in mid-March), spring has finally arrived in most parts of the United States. And with it: “The party is beginning,” says...
View ArticleLondon's toxic air pollution is killing thousands every year
Decades ago, London suffocated under poisonous smogs. Now, deadly air is back.Diesel-burning vehicles are causing record levels of pollution linked to thousands of deaths in the UK, and the British...
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These capybaras escaped the zoo for a summer of love. Now they're back, with...
They look kind of like guinea pigs — if guinea pigs grew to be a hundred pounds.They love water and have webbed feet and short, vestigial tails.And on Saturday, I came face-to-face — or more like...
View ArticleIt's possible to 'inoculate' the mind against climate misinformation, a new...
A study in the journal Global Challenges suggests that attitudes among climate change deniers are not immutable, even among the most skeptical. The way information is presented can change people's...
View ArticleUS finally scores a win against Russian hacking
US authorities moved Monday to take down a global computer botnet behind the massive theft of personal data and unwanted spam emails, as Spain arrested the notorious Russian hacker who operated it.US...
View ArticleStudying a 1979 oil spill may help scientists predict long-term effects of...
A team of scientists from the US and Mexico is studying the ocean floor near the site of the Ixtoc oil well blowout, in the hope of predicting the future health of marine life in the waters surrounding...
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At-risk countries worry what 'America first' means for climate change
President Donald Trump is selling his energy policies as an end to job-killing regulations and a boost to the US energy industry.But around the world, many people from developing countries view the...
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Adios, vaquita marina? Mexico's 'little sea cow' is being pushed to the edge...
It’s just in the wrong place at the wrong time, except it has nowhere else to go.The vaquita marina — the little sea cow — is the world’s smallest porpoise. It lives only in the far-northern Gulf of...
View ArticleThe dinosaur family tree isn't quite what we thought it was
Since the 1880s, we’ve classified dinosaurs into two major groups, based on the shapes of their hips — the Saurischia are “lizard-hipped,” and the Ornithischia, “bird-hipped.”But according to a study...
View ArticleHow do you lead a government agency you once said should be abolished?
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is the new US energy secretary. It’s an ironic choice: During his 2012 presidential bid, Perry said the Energy Department could easily be abolished — and some observers...
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Driverless cars could either be 'scary' or great for the environment
Of all the questions swirling around the rise of self-driving cars, from how safe they’ll be to how we regulate them, one essential question is often overlooked.What will self-driving cars mean for the...
View ArticleScientists say the Great Barrier Reef is officially dying
In recent years, things have been overwhelmingly bad for the Great Barrier Reef.Scientists say that one of our world's greatest natural treasures is now truly "terminal." This news comes after...
View ArticleThe noise of cities can harm our health but it can also make us more creative
In March, the Department of Transportation created a visual showing the levels of airplane and traffic noise that blankets much of the US. According to the map, 97 percent of Americans could be exposed...
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