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Cannabis is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, this year estimated to rake in more than $64 billion globally as more and more regions...
A recent study in the journal Science analyzed dozens of Chinese cities, revealing that they're slowly sinking. This phenomenon of the Earth's surface...
Fruit-eating birds — also known as frugivores — come in many colors and sizes, from the tiny yellow Palm tanager and the bright Blue red-legged...
Our rapidly heating planet is regularly shattering records these days. December through February was so warm — in fact, the hottest winter on record...
As humans continue to encroach on our planet, we are driving a mass extinction that some experts call a "biological holocaust." As more and more...
The Great Barrier Reef — a colorful and iconic natural wonder off the coast of Australia that spans an area of 133,000 square miles (344,400 square...
Chinese scientists analyzing health data from more than 200 countries and territories discovered people are more likely to suffer fatal or disabling...
As climate change worsens, extreme weather events are becoming more common and more intense, from heat waves to floods to freak storms. For the most...
Earth's 4.5 billion year geological history is full of death and rebirth, mass extinctions and explosions of biodiversity, with different periods...
Global heating has so profoundly altered our planet that some experts argue it's no longer about a changing climate and instead about a changed...
"Forever chemicals" live up to their name and take inconceivably long to break down. You definitely don't want these substances in your body....
A group of elderly Swiss women made history on Tuesday when they became the first plaintiffs to win a climate-related victory in the European Court of...
In March 2022, East Antarctica experienced an astonishing heat wave, with temperatures almost 40°C above normal
When you blend raw cocoa with sugar, it yields one of the most universally desired products on the planet, whether as part of a candy bar at the...
There is a certain romanticism about fishing, an ancient practice that brings to mind the Biblical Saint Peter, famously a fisherman, or perhaps the...
Imagine a fungus that makes your skin turn angry red. Some of the skin breaks into ulcers, especially at the tips of your toes, while in other places,...
Four years after the COVID pandemic first began, public attention has turned to another virus: highly pathogenic avian influenza A (also known as...
When a pair of climate change-deniers spread lies about climate scientist Michael Mann, he sued his attackers and actually won, after a jury awarded...
Birds never cease to amaze observers with their versatile intelligence. Flying birds experience time and space in radically different ways than...
When the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" in 1889, he did so while staring out a window from his mental asylum room in the...
I remember exactly when Joe Lieberman became my friend — after he scolded me for not heeding the commands of my Jewish mother. In 2017, I was...
When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos from in vitro fertilization procedures are “extrauterine children," the right-wing jurists...
A recently-discovered amphibian ancestor has been named after Kermit the Frog, the ballad-crooning, pig-wooing lime green frog who headlines the...
A new study published in The Journals of Gerontology Series A finds that if you don't take care of your teeth, you are more likely to suffer...
Whether it's for work, school or keeping up with friends and family, we all rely on electronic devices for our daily lives. It's likely you are...
This is the third antitrust lawsuit that the Justice Department has filed against Apple since 2010
Given that dogs have a Lyme disease vaccine, it is particularly frustrating that their human companions remain vulnerable to the notorious illness....
Our oceans are getting hotter, a trend that is alarming experts and human activity is clearly to blame. Sea surface temperatures (SST) are rising at...
The winter of 2023-2024 was unusually sparse in snow, ice and cold, and scientists know the reason why: it was the hottest winter on record....
People who follow climate change are often told there is a "tipping point," a single moment after which it will be too late to reverse the damage...
Almost two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Vice President Kamala Harris — America's first female Vice President — made...
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth attempted to deliver a speech at a corporate diversity event on Tuesday about gender inclusivity. Before he could finish his...
Aimee Code wants you to know something about bed bugs: They should not ruin your impression of other insects. "Bed bugs are definitely an insect that...
Like a trio of canaries in a coal mine warbling at the top of their lungs, three recent studies warn of various ways that global warming is...
Good feminists or adept film buffs may be familiar with the Bechdel Test, a metric for gauging female representation in film. Created by comic author...
Dr. Kevin Trenberth is one of the world's foremost authorities on climate change. He is a distinguished scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric...
As far as candidates for nearby worlds that may contain life, Jupiter's frosty moon Europa is one tantalizing place for scientists to look....
Our industrial society is underpinned by drug use, though we don't typically think of it as such. After all, two out of three Americans drink coffee...
Black holes are some of the most powerful, destructive and massive objects in the known universe, devouring stars at unimaginable speeds and ripping...
As the climate crisis grows worse every year, alternative energy options are increasingly important. Much recent debate has focused on nuclear...
President Biden described climate change deniers as "Neanderthals" during a speech on Thursday in Brownsville, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border....
Andrea Zaccardi had just moved to Idaho Falls, a city of roughly 70,000 people not far from Yellowstone National Park, when she was startled by the...
As ExxonMobil pursues litigation against activist shareholders who seek to push the biggest of all Big Oil behemoths to tougher environmental...
Humanity's closest cousins are in trouble. The great African apes, which includes gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos are renowned for their...
Thwaites Glacier goes by an arguably unflattering nickname, the "Doomsday Glacier," and there is a very understandable reason for this. The western...
There's a good reason locusts are considered plague-worthy. Despite their size, swarms of these insects can cause considerable damage by shredding...
As William Blake famously wrote, "To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower" is to "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand /...
When the Center for Climate Integrity released its report about plastic recycling, one might have expected the environmentalist non-profit to...
Whales are best known for their massive size and the biggest among them are the baleen whales. Containing 16 different whale species, the biggest of...
On July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong changed history when he became the first human to set foot on the Moon. The Apollo 11 explorer...