Science

Climate deniers and opponents of aggressive climate action have long argued that governments can’t afford comprehensive measures to confront the climate crisis. The Green New Deal, for example, has been...

The chances of dying from COVID-19 have fallen precipitously since the pandemic began, according to two new peer-reviewed studies. One study, from researchers at New York University’s Grossman School of...

The Galapagos penguin is one of the smallest species of penguins in the world, measuring up to 35 centimeters, and the cormorants on the islands are the only type to...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space,...

A year after YouTubers launched a campaign to raise enough money to plant 20 million trees, the campaign is in a critical phase: planting the trees and ensuring their survival....

We hook them on to our faces, laugh, sneeze and sputter into them, then crumple them into our bags or pockets only to retrieve them and do it all again....

Archaeologists exploring the remains of a medieval church discovered odd markings and graffiti that might have been placed there to ward off witches and evil spirits. St. Mary’s church in...

Scientists finally solved a gamma ray mystery that has been puzzling them since 1999, thanks thousands of citizen scientists. Gamma ray source 4FGL J1653.6−0158 was first observed in 1999 but its...

President Donald Trump continued to pitch himself as the anti-science candidate during the final 2020 presidential debate on Thursday, falsely claiming that America is “rounding the turn” and “learning to...

We’ve all been there. You’re craving a McFlurry, or a Shamrock Shake. You drive to McDonald’s, excited to fill yourself up with cold and sugary goodness. But when you finally...