SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

When the natural environment is stretched beyond its ability to meet basic human needs for food, clean air, drinkable water and shelter, it is not just a humanitarian concern for the world community. Research shows...

Esme StallardClimate and science reporterJonah FisherEnvironment correspondentGetty ImagesWater companies released raw sewage into England's rivers and seas for a record 3.61 million hours last year, a slight increase on 2023.The data released by Environment Agency on Thursday showed that...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has often criticized prescription stimulants, such as Adderall, that are primarily used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.“We have damaged this entire generation,” he said last year during a podcast, referring to the...

Earle Leonard Lomon PhD ’54, MIT professor emeritus of physics, died on March 7 in Newton, Massachusetts,...

Greig WatsonBBC News, NottinghamPA MediaHelen Rawlings, interim director of network operations in the Midlands at the CQC, said: "It's clear that staff and leaders had worked hard to make some improvements, and since the inspection last year, leaders have...

The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving millions of lives over the past quarter century, and to significantly scale...

Around 11 billion tons of goods, or about 1.5 tons per person worldwide, are transported by sea...

Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive their place in it.Names can send messages and suggest what is and isn’t...

Long-sought auroral glow finally emerges under Webb’s powerful gazeFor the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune. Auroras occur when energetic particles, often originating from the Sun, become trapped in a planet’s...