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Nearly Everyone in the World is Breathing Polluted Air, Says WHO

The U.N. health agency's latest findings highlight the need to reduce harmful pollution from industry, energy, and transport

By JAMEY KEATEN / AP April 4, 2022

The Hubble, About to Be Outclassed, Is Still Making Record-Setting Discoveries

The aging telescope spotted a star that's a staggering 12.9 billion years old

By Jeffrey Kluger April 1, 2022

The Age of the Private Space Station Is Upon Us

It was all smiles and thumbs-up on March 30, at 5:28 PM local time, when NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov thumped down in the steppes of Kazakhstan...

By Jeffrey Kluger April 1, 2022

The Human Genome Is Finally Fully Sequenced

Researchers are excited by the potential it holds

By Alice Park March 31, 2022

Researchers Are Testing Wildlife for COVID-19

The virus has been confirmed in wildlife in at least 24 U.S. states

By Laura Ungar / AP March 30, 2022

Sarah Al Amiri: 'Our Differences Bring About Great Innovation'

Sarah Al Amiri knows the importance of cultivating diversity in science. Indeed, she assembled a team that included 80% women to help the United Arab Emirates, a nation of fewer than 10 million people, join...

By Nik Popli March 28, 2022

Ice Shelf the Size of New York City Collapses in Previously Stable East Antarctica

This marks the first time in human history that this region of Antarctica had an ice shelf collapse

By SETH BORENSTEIN / AP March 25, 2022

Looking for a New Planet? How About 5,000 of Them?

Countless new places for life to emerge

By Jeffrey Kluger March 25, 2022

Astronomy's Environmental Toll Is Surprisingly High. But There Are Ways to Clean It Up

Sky gazing does not come for free

By Jeffrey Kluger March 21, 2022

The Fight to Save the Embattled Monarch Butterfly

In the depths of the Californian winter, an ember of hope has flickered for the monarch butterfly, the charismatic and beloved visitor that has seemingly been on a graceful descent into oblivion. The annual mass...

By Oliver Milman March 21, 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope Took Its Best Picture Yet

An ordinary star produces an extraordinary image

By Jeffrey Kluger March 18, 2022

Russia's War Could Cause Environmental Disasters in Ukraine

A chemical spill or nuclear accident could be catastrophic

By Alejandro de la Garza March 18, 2022

Chernobyl Experts Say Russia Could Set Off a Nuclear Disaster

"Such behavior does not even fit into our understanding of the world"

By Alejandro de la Garza March 17, 2022

Pfizer Halts Clinical Trials in Russia But Will Continue to Supply Medicine

Pfizer will donate all profits from its Russian subsidiary to Ukraine relief causes

By TIMOTHY ANNETT / BLOOMBERG March 14, 2022

The Singing Penis, The Masquerading Clitoris, and Other Sex Secrets of the Animal World

Evolution got especially creative when it came to sex

By Emmanuelle Pouydebat March 14, 2022

NASA's New Budget Means it Won't Be Going Back to the Moon Anytime Soon

It simply isn't getting the cash it needs to build the necessary hardware

By Jeffrey Kluger March 11, 2022

Ukraine’s Conflict Has Rippled All the Way to the Arctic

The conflict in Ukraine has far reaching consequences for climate change and the Arctic

By Aryn Baker March 9, 2022

The Amazon Rainforest is Speeding Toward Climate 'Tipping Point' Within Decades

A new study warns the Amazon could become a dry savanna within a few decades

By ERIC ROSTON / BLOOMBERG March 7, 2022

The Alternative to Burial or Cremation That Few Know Of

'Any other option would have caused more pain,' says John Garretson, whose son's body was dissolved via aquamation, a rarely used alternative to flame cremation or burial

By Melissa Chan March 7, 2022

Why Russia (Probably) Won't Crash the Space Station

It's an empty threat, but Moscow's invasion has consequences for space nonetheless

By Jeffrey Kluger February 28, 2022

IPCC Report: Window to Adapt to Climate Change Closing Fast

After decades of failure to stop emissions rising, a landmark new report released Monday from the United Nations' climate-science body warns that the impacts of climate change are here and now humans need to accelerate...

By Kyla Mandel and Justin Worland February 28, 2022

Sarah Al Amiri: The Woman Who Took the U.A.E. to Mars

Next up: a mission to Venus and an asteroid landing

By Jeffrey Kluger February 24, 2022

Home Births Rose During the Pandemic

Planned home births account for a tiny but growing share of U.S. births

By Tara Law February 11, 2022

Solar Storm Knocks 40 SpaceX Satellites Out of the Sky, After the Company Ignored Scientists' Warnings

Let’s start with the good news: There is no danger to anyone on the ground from the flock of 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites that are currently plunging from orbit and heading for Earth, knocked from...

By Jeffrey Kluger February 10, 2022

Why 2022 Olympic Bronze Medalists Are Happier Than Silver Medalists

With the Beijing Winter Olympics upon us, Team USA has made clear that it is approaching this year’s Games with a special emphasis on the mental health of its athletes. This perhaps comes as no...

By John A. List February 10, 2022

NIH Director Francis Collins is Leaving With a Warning for Some Politicians

Before he stepped down on Dec. 19, Dr. Francis Collins was the longest-serving director of the National Institutes of Health since presidents began to appoint them. Installed by President Obama in 2009, he served under...

By Belinda Luscombe February 4, 2022

A Bomb Cyclone Threatens to Bring Blizzards Along Atlantic Coast. Here's What That Is.

An expert explains what a bomb cyclone is as a powerful Nor'easter winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow to New York and Boston.

By BRIAN K. SULLIVAN AND NAUREEN S. MALIK/BLOOMBERG January 28, 2022

China’s 5-Year Plan is a Blueprint for the Future of Meat

China's new 5-year plan includes meat grown from stem cells, no slaughter required

By Aryn Baker January 27, 2022

Americans’ Gas Stoves Are as Bad for Climate as 500,000 Cars

Researchers found surprising amounts of heat-trapping methane and nitrous oxides seeping from gas stoves—pollutants that can trigger asthma and other breathing problems

By DAVID R. BAKER / BLOOMBERG January 27, 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope Is in Position—And Now We Wait

It'll be a few more months before it starts peering into the early days of the universe

By Jeffrey Kluger January 26, 2022

Farmers Globally Need to Prepare for Serious Cash Crop Disruption

Scientists unpack how rising temperatures will upend where avocados, cashews and coffee grow

By Aryn Baker January 26, 2022

Is There Life on Mars? A New Study Offers Tantalizing Clues

The key is in the carbon

By Jeffrey Kluger January 20, 2022

How Our Minds Keep Our Emotions From Getting Out of Control

In September 1965, James Stockdale was a naval wing commander on his third tour of combat duty over North Vietnam. Flying just above the treetops at nearly 600 miles-per-hour, his A-4 Skyhawk jet ran into...

By Leonard Mlodinow January 20, 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope's Mission Is Unfolding As Expected

Some of the most crucial—and harrowing—steps are already out of the way

By Jeffrey Kluger January 7, 2022

There's a Way to End Energy Poverty—And It Has the Side Effect of Making Fossil Fuels Obsolete

You bring your feverish baby to the hospital in the middle of the night. The nurse asks you to go home to get a flashlight. When the flashlight batteries give out, she resorts to a...

By Nicole Poindexter January 6, 2022

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on China, the ISS, Artemis

The administrator opens up to TIME

By Jeffrey Kluger January 5, 2022

AI Can Now Craft Jokes—But It's No Laughing Matter

Don’t you hate it,” says Jon the Robot, gesturing with tiny articulated arms at an expectant crowd, “when you’re trying to solve inverse kinematics equations to pick up a cup and then you get ‘Error...

By Corinne Purtill January 4, 2022

Inside the Project to Genetically Modify Rice to Emit Fewer Greenhouse Gases

A cup of tea in 2006 changed genetic engineering forever. Jill Banfield, a University of California at Berkeley ecosystem scientist and 1999 MacArthur Foundation fellow, had become curious in 2006 about mysterious repeating DNA sequences...

By Eric Roston / Bloomberg January 3, 2022

NASA Quietly Had a Stellar Year

From the James Webb Space Telescope to the Perseverance rover, the agency had win after win in 2021

By Jeffrey Kluger December 26, 2021

Breaking Down the Mostly Real Science Behind Don’t Look Up

Adam McKay's new Netflix comedy may be a farce, but much of the science around how to prevent a comet from colliding with Earth is based in reality

By Jeffrey Kluger December 21, 2021

The Most Powerful Telescope Ever Built Is Ready to Unlock the Mysteries of the Cosmos

The Hubble's successor is years late and billions over budget, but it might just be worth it

By Jeffrey Kluger December 20, 2021

Increasing Arctic Fires Are Melting Permafrost That Keeps Carbon Underground

Few things signal something's gone haywire on the planet quite like frozen land on fire. Now scientists have determined that Arctic fires, even milder ones, can reshape a landscape for decades, in ways that may...

By Eric Roston / Bloomberg December 13, 2021

Arctic Rain Will Soon Be More Common Than Arctic Snowfall

When rain—not snow—fell on the highest point of Greenland’s ice sheet this August for the first time in recorded history, it was considered a worrying anomaly related to the regions’ changing climate. Now, a new...

By Aryn Baker December 1, 2021

How Your Post-Thanksgiving Diet Could Help Save the Planet

Cutting out meat and dairy can shrink your carbon footprint along with your waistline

By Aryn Baker November 24, 2021

Fusion Finally Finds Its Place in the Sun

One of my favorite bar signs is the one that promises “Free beer tomorrow.” That’s how I’ve always thought of nuclear fusion—a (theoretically) cheap, pollution-free and inexhaustible energy source, the promise of which has pretty...

By Aryn Baker November 24, 2021

Space Junk Could Be Creating No-Go Zones for Satellites

“Dramatic increases in space collisions" are expected in a few years, a former NASA administrator told U.S. lawmakers

By Todd Shields / Bloomberg November 18, 2021

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