SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

A highly effective vaccine has long kept measles at bay in many parts of the world. But as childhood vaccination rates drop, leaving a growing population vulnerable to the extremely contagious virus, one question takes on new urgency: What’s...

Just under Earth’s surface, 110 quadrillion kilometres of carbon-rich fungi intersect with plant roots. This vast network has been...

The mystery of how a Venus flytrap closes fast enough to catch insect prey may have been partially solved. Venus...

A soccer ball floats in microgravity in this March 2, 2026, picture from the International Space Station. The space station crew tested soccer balls to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravity. The findings have improved...

Pennsylvania has become a hot spot for data center proposals and public backlash about where to build them.I’m a law professor and executive director of Penn State’s Center for Energy Law and Policy. I’m also...

China is building some of the world’s largest solar farms on the Tibetan Plateau, where nomadic people have grazed herds of animals for millennia.It’s not the first time Tibetan regions have become a major source...

Poaching and a changing climate forced the northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) out of the northern foothills of the...

“IF YOU believe, it’s science fact; if you don’t believe, it’s science fiction. I’m an agnostic between the two...

Smokers who give up cigarettes but still vape have more than a 50 per cent higher chance of developing...

Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, CanadaEarth planning day: Friday, June 5th, 2026In a very broad sense, Curiosity has two modes of doing science – one centred around a defined...