Leaders from the top-polluting countries, like the US and China, aren’t showing up to the UN’s big climate conference in ...

Researchers are connecting two ecological problems in the Northeast in hopes of reducing the risk of tick-borne illnesses.

The “one-of-a-kind” fossil of Navaornis hestiae helps fill a giant gap in scientists’ understanding of how bird brains ...

The respiratory illness typically affects school-age kids, but the CDC reports a rise in cases in children aged 2-4.

In an interview from 2012, Jack Bishop from America’s Test Kitchen explains how science can sharpen your cooking skills.

In her new book, medical historian Dr. Elsa Richardson discusses the changing cultural and scientific understandings of the ...

Researchers found hundreds of viruses that prey on bacteria on toothbrushes and showerheads. They’re unlikely to pose a ...

What is a science book that inspired a sense of wonder or made you more curious about the world?

Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that ...

As highways have become almost ubiquitous in the US, motorists travel faster and farther—resulting in more traffic.

Why ask, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" when you can instead consider, "Why did the road cross the land?" ...

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