SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Astronomers announced Wednesday they had discovered a new type of astronomical object called a "black hole star," potentially solving a mystery involving strange red dots spotted in the early universe. The object looks like a...

It’s not just you. Frogs also get overwhelmed when confronted with too many options — and sometimes, they make bad decisions.Female Cope’s gray tree frogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) prefer males with longer calls, which in some tree frogs is tied...

When Chevron reported its highest quarterly profit in six years on July 31, 2026, it was just one detail in a larger picture: Analyst firm Wood Mackenzie estimates the global oil and gas industry is...

As summer temperatures soar across the United States and Europe, cities are being forced to confront the difficult reality that they’re getting dangerously hot.Record-breaking heat waves strain power grids, send people to cooling shelters and...

Experience a musical simulation of the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse as seen from the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (Spain). Click here for information about ESA’s live broadcast from this observatory, or visit esa.int/solareclipse for an overview...

Today (Aug. 12), millions of people across Greenland, Iceland and Spain will witness a total solar eclipse as the moon completely covers the sun, turning day into night, albeit briefly.It's Europe's first total solar eclipse since 1999, and with...

Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people in the U.S. and beyond.Vibrio vulnificus, a type of flesh-eating bacteria that...

When fire evacuation orders are lifted and residents start returning to burned neighborhoods, many people assume “cleared to return” means “safe.” It rarely does.As an environmental engineer who has worked with communities recovering from some...

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The Social Security Administration said on Tuesday that it...