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smoke stacks from energy plant
Pollution

Prosecutions under the Clean Air and Water acts dropped in half after Trump took office

Industries are exceeding allowable emissions without facing consequences.

GMC Electric Hummer
Electric Vehicles

The 2022 GMC electric Hummer looks a lot different than you might expect

With 1,000 horsepower and a 350-mile range, this electric pickup looks impressive on paper.

Canvassing
Life Skills

Five ways to help democracy even if you can’t vote

We’re all in this together.

NYC climate protest
Pollution

It’s about time adults start rising up against climate change

Everyone, from children to grandparents, should take action.

An Amur tigress rubbing herself against a Manchurian fir tree
Wildlife

Check out the breathtaking winners of the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest

The London Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition highlighted some of the world’s rarest, most beautiful creatures

chinchilla
Land

How 25 chinchillas could save a mountain

In Chile, a rare rodent sits atop 3.5 million ounces of extractable gold. Now a mining company is trying to trap and move them.

The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx in the sky over a rendering of the ground on asteroid Bennu
NASA

Watch live as the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft snags a chunk of asteroid

These dust particles and rocks could hold the secret to the beginning of life on Earth.

older adult men playing chess together
Health

Everyone should have a social life, especially older adults

Time with friends and family is important at all stages of life.

video call on laptop
COVID-19

Meet the disease detectives fighting to understand COVID-19

These epidemiological sleuths are on the case of every past, present, and future outbreak.

A sign that says "Screening checkpoint ahead" placed in front of the door to a hospital
COVID-19

One motorcycle rally may have triggered COVID-19′s new Midwest surge

Here’s what you need to know this week.

mixed-conifer forest
Land

Healthy forests do more than just prevent wildfires

Californians can benefit from better forestry practices in respect to health, economy, and tourism.

daycare center
COVID-19

The ‘near-Herculean’ effort by daycare workers to prevent COVID-19 spread is working

Childcare providers who took precautions while working during the pandemic didn’t have a heightened risk of catching COVID-19.

Armis
Self Driving

France’s new military trucks can form a convoy with just one driver

Vehicles with no one on board will follow the leader.

Dungeness Crabs
Life Skills

14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean

From scallops to sea urchins, look out for these tasty treats next time you’re by the water.

This illustration depicts a star (in the foreground) experiencing spaghettification as it's sucked in by a supermassive black hole (in the background) during a 'tidal disruption event'.
Black Holes

Astronomers caught a black hole slurping up a star like spaghetti

The rare moment could teach us about stellar death.

Smartwatch
Tech Hacks

Six health conditions a smartwatch can detect before you can

It’s almost like wearing your doctor around your wrist.

An image taken by the European Southern Observatory in Chile shows the Apep star system and the stellar dust particles surrounding it.
Black Holes

This pair of dancing stars will one day collide and explode

They could give us insight into the biggest kinds of explosions in the Universe.

A SpaceX rocket seen launching from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Space X

The military wants one-hour global delivery. SpaceX thinks it can pull it off.

Because rockets are much, much faster than planes.

sand dunes and trees at hither hills state park on long island
Climate Change

We didn’t track hurricanes hundreds of years ago—but trees did

Researchers are trying to extend the tropical storm record by looking inside ancient coastal trees.

A yellow fever mosquito discretely sinks its labrum into its prey
Evolution

Evolution made mosquitos into stealthy, sensitive vampires

With facial features to die for.