The FDA approved the first new sunscreen ingredient in over 20 years—one that's long been used around the world. What took so ...

The FDA approved the first new sunscreen ingredient in over 20 years—one that's long been used around the world. What took so ...

Do you ever hear a song that transports you to a specific place and time? This auditory wormhole has a name: musical ...

Researchers just published details of a massive undersea graveyard of whales deep in the Indian Ocean. Spanning about 1,200 kilometers (745 miles), it contains whale remains dating back more than 5 ...

Summer is a great time for children to explore the outdoors, so we asked literacy experts Melissa Stewart and Kathy Renfrew to help us put together a list of books that are sure t ...

A wildlife conservationist discusses an ambitious and controversial plan to reintroduce mountain lions in New England.

The Blue Origin rocket explosion is forcing NASA to reconsider its Artemis timeline. Plus, who’s on the Artemis III crew?

Communities across the world are planting miniforests of trees and native plants to restore biodiversity in unexpected places.

The 2026 World Cup will be infused with AI. How will it change the beautiful game? Plus, what it takes to get perfect grass ...

The 2026 World Cup will be infused with AI. How will it change the beautiful game? Plus, what it takes to get perfect grass into 16 stadiums. A new wildlife survey follows Lewis and Clark’s route, 220 ...

Two disease outbreaks are dominating the news: Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and hantavirus, which started spreading on a cruise ship. The U.S. has a one-of-a-kind medical facility ...

On Monday, Pope Leo XIV presented his encyclical, an open letter from the church, on AI. The 42,000-word document covers a lot of terrain—from screen time to resource extraction to job loss—but the ...