All but 7 Countries on Earth Have Air Pollution Above WHO Standard
New research found that fewer than 10 percent of countries and territories met World Health Organization guidelines for particulate matter…
Thomas Stafford, 93, Commander of First U.S.-Soviet Space Mission, Dies
The Apollo-Soyuz mission, amid the Cold War, broke new ground in space cooperation when an American capsule docked with a…
New Havana Syndrome Studies Find No Evidence of Brain Injuries
The findings from the National Institutes of Health are at odds with previous research that looked into the mysterious health…
Storing Renewable Energy, One Balloon at a Time
Central Sardinia is not generally considered a hotbed of innovation: Arid and rural, some of its road signs riddled with…
Gila Monster’s Venomous Bite Contributed to Colorado Man’s Death, Reports Show
The rare fatality happened after the man endured a four-minute-long bite from the lizard to his right hand in February,…
In Paris, the Olympics Clean Up Their Act
How do you produce a global sporting event, with millions of people swooping down on one city, in the age…
For Ytasha Womack, the Afrofuture is Now
On Feb. 17, the Adler Planetarium in Chicago unveiled a new sky show called “Niyah and the Multiverse,” a blend…
Court Temporarily Halts S.E.C.’s New Climate Rules
Two fracking companies had challenged requirements that some businesses disclose more information about the risks they face from climate change.A…
Kent Campbell, Pivotal Figure in the Fight Against Malaria, Dies at 80
Among his accomplishments during a four-decade career in public health, he helped to pioneer programs providing bed nets in Africa.Kent…
A Seal’s Spray Adds a Chapter to the Science of Spitting
The observation suggests that seals join cobras, archerfish and other animals known to spit, although researchers can only speculate about…