Science

These 3 massive tech changes could radically alter the college experience

It is a future that will involve a drastically reduced role for full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty who teach face to face.

The rise of the vampire: How diseases may have led to Dracula

It has its roots in a surprising place.

The best new sci-fi movie on HBO Max reveals a real-life ecological crisis

Dune is finally here, but its environmental message is more complicated than you might think.

Will worn-out batteries send Tesla to the scrapheap? It's complicated

Is a Tesla like an iPhone on wheels in more ways than one?

What killed the woolly mammoth? Scientists debunk one extinction theory

Humans may be off the hook.

Walking trees and cloning ferns: Meet the world's weirdest plants

False mushrooms. Sensitive rubber trees. Dancing plants. Botany is wild.

Chaos theory: Why your weather app can’t predict next month’s weather

Chaos is not random, but it’s also not predictable.

6 shocking facts about E-Waste that you didn’t know

The weight of the world’s electronic junk is heavier than the Great Wall of China.

Blue Origin second human flight and more: Understand the world through 8 images

Scientists predict the year polar bears will disappear from this part of the world

It's sooner than you think.

How Captain Planet inspired a generation of Millennials to save the world

“You all are now Captain Planet,” says Barbara Pyle, who helped create the eco-friendly superhero. “You are now the superheroes.”

Look: 3 images reveal the year when Earth becomes inhospitable to humans

We need to act now.

2021 Nobel Prizes and beyond: 8 discoveries shaping the future of science

Look: Map reveals what cities are at risk of deadly urban heat

A Yucatan forest “trapped in time” reveals why an ancient threat can get worse

This breathtaking ecosystem preserved Earth's past.

Do your pets know when an earthquake is about to happen?

EarthSP? Why it may be nothing more than a few anecdotes.

A “singing” endangered animal reveals the evolutionary origins of music

These lemurs have got some groove.

Scientists predict the year polar bears will disappear from this part of the world

It's sooner than you think.

A Yucatan forest “trapped in time” reveals why an ancient threat can get worse

This breathtaking ecosystem preserved Earth's past.

Bloodsucking bats have one thing in common with humans

These blood-sucking creatures get by with a little help from their friends.

4 ways the climate crisis is causing animals to ‘shapeshift’

Scientists explain the bizarre ways animal bodies adapt to a warming world.

These 5 resilient cities can teach us how to survive the climate crisis

These cities can teach other urban spaces how to move forward.

To avoid catastrophe, this shocking amount of fossil fuels must stay in the ground

Scientists stress 60 percent of oil and fossil methane gas and 90 percent of coal must stay in the ground to prevent global temperatures from rising above 1.5 °C.

Why illegal cannabis farms are a lethal threat to wildlife

Scientists reveal the hidden environmental repercussions of illegal cannabis farms.

Hurricane Ida and climate change: Scientists explain the deadly connection

Plus four things cities must do to prepare for future superstorms.

These 12 places could be the key to saving the planet — study

To save the planet, we need to think more strategically, experts say.

UN climate report: 3 big findings you need to know ASAP

There’s no use sugarcoating it: the report’s findings are urgently dire.

This tree could be key to saving the Earth — if we can regrow it right

They’re sponges for greenhouse gases — but replanting after disaster has been difficult.

This type of cannabis can suck "forever chemicals" out of the ground

How the Micmac nation, scientists, and activists teamed up to eradicate PFAS.

Amazon rainforest: The 2 actions that could reverse a terrible, growing trend

How the world's "lungs" became a massive polluter.

Scientists discover the ancient birthplace of marijuana

The origin story of cannabis is wilder than you think.

The best Western RPG ever made has a surprising real-life benefit

Behold the immersive power of gaming.

Look: NASA’s SLS mega-rocket is one step closer to the Moon

SpaceX: Incredible video shows the Starship engine’s huge power

Stand back.

Would a body decompose in space? What the science reveals

Going to space will mean tackling new questions.

Astronomers catch a preview of the Sun's grisly demise

Scientists have long known the fate of our solar system — and likely the fate of Earth itself.

75 years ago, a Nazi rocket took the first photo of Earth from space

The first photo of Earth taken from space captured imaginations in 1946.

Listen: 9 incredible sounds from space

You won’t believe your ears!

You need to see the brightest planet at its most luminous this month

Venus will shine extra bright at its greatest elongation.

NASA’s Lucy mission launches and more: Understand the world through 8 images

Here's how scientists figured out the age of the universe

It took some cosmic detective work.

Tesla’s redesigned Model X is here along with a few key changes

Tesla gets refreshed, SpaceX loves Texas, Elon Musk is the richest.

Finding this cosmic phenomenon could unlock mysteries of the ancient universe

Low frequency gravitational waves could unlock the secrets of the ancient universe.

Listen: Perseverance captures the eerie sounds of Mars and Ingenuity

NASA released five hours of new recordings.

Look: NASA photo reveals unusual supernova event

The supernova remanent is located about 19,600 light years away from Earth.

NASA’s bold new asteroid mission just took off — here’s what happens next

NASA has successfully launched its Lucy mission to explore the history of the Solar System. Here's what comes next.

Look: NASA's historic Lucy launch told in 9 images

The ambitious spacecraft is off to explore Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.

What a bright flash in the sky reveals about humanity’s space future

The search continues.