With climate change accelerating, shifting the ranges of many disease-carrying species and sharply increasing infections, scientists and others warn that the nation’s public officials, as well as hospitals and doctors, are under-prepared for a potentially devastating surge in infections.

Genetic sequences show evidence of raccoon dogs and other animals at the Wuhan market sites where SARS-CoV-2 was found in early 2020, adding to evidence of a natural spillover event

In an era when people have a number of effective, available options to prevent unwanted pregnancy, it’s easy to forget that this wasn’t always the case.

Ancient genomes reveal where migrants arrived from and when they adapted to high altitudes.

Why fly all the way across the ocean when you can chill out by the pool?

Cremated remains were also covered in brick tiles and a thick layer of lime.

One thing that's great about math is that it can cope with the tricky concept of infinity. An example of this comes from infinite sums, also known as infinite series.

A century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. What can we learn from them today?

Twice a year – on the March and September equinoxes – everyone worldwide supposedly receives exactly 12 hours of day and exactly 12 hours of night. But that’s not precisely true..

n 2017, a mysterious comet dubbed 'Oumuamua fired the imaginations of scientists and the public alike. It was the first known visitor from outside our solar system, it had no bright coma or dust tail, like most comets, and a peculiar shape.

The space agency has tapped private company Axiom Space to develop the sleek new attire for its moon-bound astronauts.

Albert Einstein much later proposed the idea of what’s now known as special relativity to explain some confusing observations that didn’t have an intuitive explanation at the time.

Luis Caffarelli’s work includes equations underpinning physical phenomena, such as melting ice and flowing liquids.

The United States has long touted itself as a nation built by immigrants. Yet there has never been a precise measure of immigrants' contribution to the country's economic and technological progress.

Beyond having the potential to power entire communities, floating solar arrays can save a lot of water.

Scientists have discovered a new way to break apart 'forever chemicals', the notoriously stubborn pollutants that contaminate our waterways and threaten public health.

U.S. Can Shift to EVs Without Widespread, Destructive Mining, Report Finds.

The new report suggests limiting electric vehicle battery sizes and reducing car dependency to lower the demand for lithium by up to 66%.

The material in crab shells could be used in sodium-ion batteries: cheaper, but so far less energy dense, than lithium-ion.

Large language models like ChatGPT are now big enough that they’ve started to display startling, unpredictable behaviors.

What to eat, when, how to do it properly – and what to avoid. Experts lay out the food habits that will make a real difference to your health.

An inactive lifestyle can lead to high blood pressure. Discover how small changes in activity can make a big difference.

Healthy or risky? Here’s what you need to know about possible harmful effects before you pop that vitamin, mineral, or herbal pill.

Personal care products like cosmetics and shampoos do not have to be reviewed or approved by the FDA before they hit the market. Nor do they have to include a full list of ingredients; manufacturers can hide their specific formulas behind vague terms such as “fragrance” or “flavor.”

The powerful combination of cardiovascular exercise and strength training can help a person build muscle strength and improve their heart, lung, and circulatory health.

The most commonly prescribed medications for depression are somewhat effective — but not because they correct a “chemical imbalance.”

Researchers transplanted 200,000 of them and tracked the elevation of marshlands over 3 years; they contributed to new land at 5x the predicted rate.

We can't really understand life on Earth without geology.

Some types of lightning are also deadlier than others. Here are some of the rarest, weirdest, and scariest forms of lightning out there.

From elephants to tigers, study reveals scale of damage to wildlife caused by transformation of wildernesses and human activity.

The plant world’s strange yet sophisticated system for responding to wounding

The 10-million-pound mass of floating seaweed —called the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt— is heading to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean right as tourism peaks.

New report recommends the United Nations Global Plastics Treaty significantly reduce plastic use through aggressive bans and caps, and closer examination of toxic ingredients.

While some argue the minerals found in the seafloor are a promising source of metals needed for technologies such as mobile phones and wind turbines, scientists have argued we don't know enough about the ecosystems of the seafloor to guarantee that mining won't cause irreparable harm.

UN report predicts water demand will increase by 80% as crisis threatens to get out of control

Methane emissions from wetlands have risen faster this century than in even the most pessimistic climate scenarios, new research finds.

World staring down the barrel of three-degree-warmer future without major action.

Science has a good handle on the causes of Earth’s natural climate changes going back hundreds of millions of years. Some were cyclical; others were gradual shifts or abrupt events, but none explain our changing climate today.

Boreal forests store huge amounts of carbon, but the warming and drying climate is leading them to burn bigger, hotter and more frequently.

The December–February period (Northern Hemisphere winter and Southern Hemisphere summer) was the fifth-warmest on record globally.

Solving the climate crisis is not about what works on paper but what delivers in practice. There is no time to waste with false solutions.