The world’s great whales aren’t just vulnerable where they congregate, but everywhere they roam.

The natural wonders of Mauritius include the spectacular sight of an underwater waterfall. Here's the science of how it works.

Why power generated through nuclear fusion will be the future, but not the present, solution to humanity's energy needs.

With launch costs dropping and enormous numbers of new satellites filling the sky, can't we just do it all from space?

The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.

Made from concrete, it cost 15% less per square foot to construct than a typical house.

Every power source involves trade-offs. Given the challenges of increasing demand and climate change, what is the future of energy?

With around 5,000 summertime residents, increased tourism, and a warming planet, it is becoming difficult to protect Antarctica from invasion.

For consumers of festive beverages, the news is bad: this holiday season, Guinness may not be on tap and glass for bottling wine is scarce. Climate disasters, like British Columbia’s floods, have further weakened already […]

Steel tires may be better for the planet and could replace rubber.

Driving Teslas and planting trees are nice, but methane reduction, industrial efficiency, carbon removal, and a moderate carbon tax are the most efficient ways to fight climate change.

Society incorrectly blamed a "population bomb” for problems that had other causes. A wrong diagnosis produces ineffective solutions.

Life largely owes its existence to this equation. Be sure to hug your house plant today.

With sea levels rising, the Dutch are pondering floating cities — while also exporting their engineering know-how to turn a tidy profit.

Drones have a lot to learn from the landing abilities of birds.

SpinLaunch's launcher, which is larger than the Statue of Liberty and works like the Olympic hammer-throw event, just came online in the New Mexico desert.

Roughly half the world population, including in America, has insufficient levels of vitamin D. UV irradiated mushrooms can help.

When we try to recreate simpler versions of natural ecosystems, we invariably make mistakes, argues author and biologist Rob Dunn.

Most “irrecoverable carbon” is concentrated in these tiny bits of the Earth’s land mass. Can we keep it there?

Parasites aren’t limited to just worms and ticks. Even some plants like to feed off others — and they perhaps could help fight invasive species.

Are hardened wood knives and nails coming to a store near you?

Battery-powered urban aircraft are well within the bounds of technological reality.

The laws of physics aren’t changing. The Earth is. When it comes to any physical science, we know that the fundamental rules governing how the Universe works remain constant with time. […]

The scientists, not the fossil fuel industry, were right all along. Back in 1990, the world’s top climate scientists convened to put together a report on the state of Earth’s climate. […]

Over the coming decades, over 100,000 new satellites are expected. For countless millennia, whenever we were faced with a clear, cloudless, moonless night, all of humanity was able to witness […]

Science can teach us so much about our planet, but something more must compel us to take care of it. If you want to understand our planet, the best way to […]

As we embrace green solutions, nuclear should absolutely be part of the equation. For thousands upon thousands of years, humans have been harnessing the power of nature to provide energy […]

We’re Earth’s first intelligent, technologically advanced civilization. But maybe not the last. For most of our planet’s history, life in some form has existed on our world. Planet Earth formed some […]

How can we save humanity from ourselves? In this life and this Universe, there will always be questions beyond the capabilities of humanity to answer. There’s so much that we’ve […]

It’s not just about SpaceX and Starlink. What we’re deciding today will have a global impact for years and decades to come. For countless millennia, human beings have gazed up into […]