SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

As Winter Storm Fern swept across the United States in late January 2026, bringing ice, snow and freezing temperatures, it left more than a million people without power, mostly in the Southeast.Scrambling to meet...

Available for over a yearMost of us have Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) hiding in our bodies.You may know it as the cause of glandular fever or “kissing disease”.But more research is suggesting that it can turn our immune...

NASA astronaut Chris Williams will connect with students in Pennsylvania to answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 12:20 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 5, and will...

Common air pollutants like ozone and nitric oxide can change the way ants smell, prompting their nest-mates to attack...

Delivering cancer immunotherapy earlier in the day really could extend survival, according to the first randomised-controlled trial into how...

Stinging clouds of tear gas explode from beneath a car full of children, forcing them to flee into the snowy street to seek air that’s safe to breathe. A man, face painted orange with pepper spray, is pinned to...

In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally declared that greenhouse gas emissions, including from vehicles and fossil fuel power plants, endanger public health and welfare. The decision, known as the endangerment finding, was based...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, scientists have observed the most distant and thus earliest galaxy cluster ever seen coming together. The infant cluster, or protocluster, was assembling itself just 1 billion years...

Agency 02/02/2026 8522 views 15 likesThe 2026 ESA Graduate Trainee positions are now open! If you’re passionate about engineering, science, IT or business, this is your chance to turn your dreams into reality. Step into a unique role where you’ll contribute...

Arriving at a friend’s house party recently, I was impressed to find that her three children were already sound...