Science and Environment

A new tool powered by artificial intelligence might help screen for high blood pressure and diabetes without using traditional tests. ...

Palau’s Helen Reef is one of Earth’s most biologically diverse reefs. It is home to many kinds of plants and ...

In Italy, an outbreak of disease is threatening the pig meat industry. On Giovanni Airoli’s farm, a pig was found ...

For many Floridians, preparing and listening to warnings could save their lives when a violent storm comes. According to emergency ...

In Ohio, a long drought and changing weather due to climate change are affecting the pawpaw, North America’s largest native ...

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his team safely returned to Earth after a five-day space mission. The trip took ...

Microplastics, or tiny pieces of man-made plastic, are found everywhere. They can be in the ocean, air, food, and water. ...

A new study says that wildfire smoke may be more harmful to the brain than other types of air pollution. ...

Heat waves in the U.S., Mexico, India, and the Middle East are getting worse. High temperatures and humidity are dangerous ...

Mexican wildlife, including birds and monkeys, is suffering because of a heat wave and lack of rain. Mexico’s Environment Department ...

Tick season is starting across the United States. And experts are warning people that there could be a lot of ...

A strong solar storm that hit Earth on May 10 and 11 produced stunning colorful auroras or northern lights across ...

The world is producing more e-waste than ever. There were 62 million metric tons of e-waste in 2022, and it’s ...

Indonesia experienced a 27% rise in forest loss in 2023 compared to the previous year. The rise is mainly due ...

Japan will be giving the United States 250 new sakura trees. These trees will replace those that will be ripped ...

A senior Communist Party leader recently announced that China will work on technological reforms and green technologies. And the reforms ...

New AI tools are helping thousands of doctors communicate with their patients. Some tools are used to answer messages, and ...

Morocco’s famous public baths, or hammams, have been fixtures in the culture. Hammams are places where people gather to unwind. ...

There is an alarming spread of dengue in Peru because of water shortages and storage. In Piura, a poor city ...

Singapore is a Southeast Asian country with a dense population. It has a fast-growing economy. However, despite its success, Singapore ...

A new United Nations report says that nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline. When the season ...

The test result of a study by the University of Nebraska discovered that electric vehicles (EVs) can easily crash through ...

In December, Sunrise Farms’ chickens had bird flu. Following the government rules, the poultry farm had to slaughter its whole ...

Two top US science agencies reported that global average temperatures in 2023 shattered existing heat records. The U.S. National Oceanic ...

Kenya experienced a power blackout in December. It paralyzed large parts of the country. The transport minister requested the National ...

Wegovy, a popular weight-loss drug, reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in an international study. Experts say ...

In New Delhi, the government closed schools and did not allow polluting vehicles and construction work. Only essential activities, like ...

A group of scuba divers went diving in New York City. They’ve seen pretty sea creatures like crabs, sea robins, ...

A Southern Queensland clinic is providing some free dental services in Australia. The goal of the program is to improve ...

This summer, the Southwestern United States and other parts of the country experienced many days of harsh heat. And this ...

The smoke from Canadian wildfires has reached the United States. And it resulted in a spike in people with asthma ...

Amazon, an American e-commerce company, opened a virtual clinic last year. And now, they are adding video telemedicine consultations in ...

The United Arab Emirates unveiled plans to send a spacecraft to the solar system’s main asteroid belt. It’s the latest ...

Temperatures are rising in Japan and summer is coming fast. In Osaka, temperatures went up to 25 degrees Celsius on ...

Mountain rangers and wildlife biologists always warn people to not feed bears and other animals at parks. But for birds, ...

The ozone layer is healing and would fully mend in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says. The ...

When it comes to Christmas trees, some people say that nothing beats a real one. Every year they cut down ...

A US company has announced plans to open two luxury hotels in space within the next few years. Orbital Assembly ...

Do you take your shoes off at the door, or do you leave them on? This debate has been ongoing ...

According to ocean researchers, creepy dolls have been washing up on a beach in southeastern Texas recently. The scientists walk ...

A flamingo that escaped from a Kansas zoo in 2005 was recently found over 1,000 kilometers away. Nicknamed “Pink Floyd,” ...

Two of Charles Darwin’s notebooks were returned to the Cambridge University Library earlier this year, more than two decades after ...

A recent BBC study on tap water found that the levels of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” exceeded European safety levels ...

A recent study confirmed that there are now more than 8,000 wild parakeets living in and around Paris. The tropical ...

Astronomer Michael Brown and his colleague, Konstantin Batygin, have announced that they’ve narrowed down the location of a possible ninth ...

Scientists have created a giant laser to try to control lightning. They’ve installed the 5,000-kilogram, 9-meter-long laser on Mount Säntis, ...

People have started to call a new Indonesian tourism project “Jurassic Park” after a shocking photo of it went viral ...

NASA scientists have announced that the chance of an asteroid hitting Earth is higher than their original estimate. Bennu is ...

Trillions  of cicadas have appeared in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and other areas of the US. Cicada season is ...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently suggested that rich countries should eat only synthetic or plant-based meat. Synthetic meat is grown ...

The city of Philadelphia – commonly known as Philly – has started a new program to help stop migrating birds ...

A California man paid $10,000 for ad space in the Wall Street Journal to complain about his internet company’s service. ...

A species of worm called jumping snake worms is invading US forests. The worms are originally from Asia, but scientists ...

A team of Australian scientists has discovered a coral reef that is taller than the Empire State Building. The newly ...

According to a new study, cats may be more intelligent than most people think. In the study, a Japanese cat ...

San Diego Zoo Global has successfully cloned a Przewalski’s [shuh-VAHL-skeez] horse, an endangered type of wild horse. The animal was ...

According to a new study, air pollution is the biggest threat to human health. Scientists used the Air Quality Life ...

Iceland Foods, a British supermarket chain, adopted all of the Humboldt penguins at Chester Zoo. The supermarket is known for ...

A new study discovered that less than one-third of the world’s population is able to get food from local sources. ...

In 2014, NASA astronauts started growing plants on the International Space Station (ISS). The astronauts used a special space garden ...

Researchers from Northwestern University analyzed the brain activity of about 1,000 male and female athletes and non-athletes. While the study ...

A team of scientists created special particles that may help people see better in the dark. The particles help the ...

According to a recent study, the population of green sea turtles in the Pacific is increasing. From 2002 to 2015, ...

A new study found that planting trees is the most effective way to stop climate change. Researchers used images from ...

The U.K. has a new plan to pay homes for their green energy. The plan is called the Smart Export ...

Romeo was called the loneliest frog in the world. He lived alone in an aquarium for 10 years. Romeo is ...