It was already pouring when my wife and I left the house Monday morning, which was a little puzzling because the weather reports we had been hearing warned of the heavier rains coming Tuesday through ...

OpenAI is backing a research project to try to reduce the odds of artificial intelligence making a new biological weapon. On Monday the Sam Altman–led start-up said it had selected 14 organizations ...

Beneath the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan is a vast underground network of caves and sinkholes that remains unexplored. Now, ...

Collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado School of Mines brings a complicated design to life.

The country has put in place some of the world’s most rigorous protections to keep its marine environment pristine. But on ...

You may have heard the phrase "we are made of star-stuff." This statement by the astronomer Carl Sagan refers to the fact ...

A stone’s throw from the hallowed ground of the Gettysburg Battlefiel d, where over 51,000 soldiers died over three days, ...

Parts of the shipping industry are partnering with environmental scientists to monitor ocean plastic pollution.

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun turning away research grant applications for which the “primary function ...

Since 2024, UNC-Chapel Hill has led one part of the All of Us project called the Center for Linkage and Acquisition of Data, ...

With a variety of projects, this club has students apply science concepts while building responsibility and pride in their ...

For many middle-schoolers, summer vacation includes a week away at summer camp. For 20 middle school girls, summer camp was a five-day geology and technology program at Mount St. He ...