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A tiny Canadian town has a new best friend: This massive, gorgeous iceberg
Residents of coastal villages in Newfoundland, Canada, always have pretty amazing views out their windows. The blue North Atlantic ocean fills most of the frame.But recently, some massive new stunners...
View ArticleWhile Flint waits, Nestle pumps Michigan water on the cheap
We've heard a lot about the environmental troubles in Michigan, and now there's a new chapter to this water saga: Nestle extracts billions of dollars worth of groundwater from western Michigan, but it...
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Science confirms the incredible story of Lithuania's Holocaust escape tunnel
Every year, the survivors gathered on the last night of Passover to tell the story of their own miraculous escape from bondage to freedom.Their story doesn’t take place in the desert of Egypt but in...
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What if someone could hack into a driverless car and slam on the brakes?
Some day in the future, you’ll hail a cab, then a few minutes later, a driverless, autonomous vehicle will pull up to the curb.You’ll hop into the back seat and off you go, leaving the driving to the...
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These trash pickers used to have miserable jobs. Now they run their own...
After his father died when he was only a teenager, Yassine Mazzout started working nights at the landfill next to his home near Morocco’s capital Rabat, salvaging items that could be recycled or sold...
View ArticleHer love of the stars made her lose track of her life on Earth
This is a story about what happens when you finally get to touch the light you’ve longed for your whole life.Sona Hosseini passes through the doors of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. She exits the...
View ArticleWhy is the world marching for science? It's local issues, like budgets,...
The March for Science, happening Saturday in Washington, DC, started as a reaction to the Trump administration’s attitudes toward science. But since it was dreamed up in late January, the movement has...
View ArticleWhat nature can teach us about sustainability and innovation
We live in a world driven by technology and innovation, but what if the answers to some of our most complex questions, like how to build more sustainable communities with stronger and more efficient...
View ArticleTick season has begun. How much do you know about Lyme disease?
Spring is here, so here’s a quick test: How much do you know about Lyme disease, that tick-borne scourge?Transmitted in the United States by tiny blacklegged ticks, Lyme can initially cause fatigue and...
View ArticleStudying splashes to learn more about how disease spreads
Lydia Bourouiba, an applied mathematician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studies sneezes at a level of detail most of us have never imagined — under bright lights, using advanced imaging...
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Photos: The March for Science is a truly global affair
Thousands of people rallied in support for science in Europe and Australasia on Saturday ahead of a march in Washington, triggered by rising concern over populism and so-called alternative facts.The...
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Scenes from the March for Science in Washington, DC
It was a rainy day in Washington, DC — but that didn’t stop thousands from gathering on the National Mall to voice their support for science.The March for Science in Washington was one of nearly 500...
View ArticleHow to hunt for extraterrestrial intelligence
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence — known as SETI — got a boost in 2015, when philanthropist Yuri Milner announced plans to inject up to $100 million into the field over the next decade.His...
View ArticleWill El Niño return in 2017?
Just months after a powerful El Niño ended its 2015-2016 rampage through global weather systems, meteorologists see indications of another one forming in 2017.El Niño began affecting the world’s...
View ArticleThe Gulf shows some small signs of recovery, seven years after Deepwater Horizon
It's been seven years this month since a drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico (April 20, 2010), releasing millions of barrels of oil into the ocean from its damaged wellhead. It’s thought to be...
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El Salvador's new metal-mining ban is terrifying for 'artisanal' miners
Fredy Flores wears his black cowboy hat slung low over his forehead. His eyes, barely visible beneath the rim, are only open a slit, which may be a reaction to the glaring sun and pulsing heat — but...
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A Guatemalan indigenous land rights activist wins the Goldman Environmental...
Rodrigo Tot is a 60-year-old farmer and an indigenous land rights activist from Guatemala. He represents an isolated, small Q’eqchi farming and fishing community of about 270 members in the...
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It's World Penguin Day! Help scientists count penguins.
Fall is turning to winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and Antarctic penguins are beginning their northward migration, so it's time to celebrate World Penguin Day!Scientists use penguin population size...
View ArticleWhat happens when you eat seafood at every meal for a year?
“What fish should I eat that’s good for me and good for the planet?”Best-selling author and lifelong fisherman Paul Greenberg spent a year eating seafood for breakfast, lunch and dinner — and traveling...
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Online fake news and hate speech are fueling tribal 'genocide' in South Sudan
South Sudan became the world’s newest country in 2011. But since breaking from Sudan, it’s been riven by its own internal conflicts between clan groups, minor warlords and government factions.Earlier...
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