Direct effects of global warming are worsening, while extreme weather events are not. Both have to be properly weighted to assess endangerment.

Longtime investigative reporter Ian Lind has been helping guide public policy through his good-government work and by ...

Current trial data suggest that many MCED tests demonstrate high specificity, often above 99% thereby reducing the likelihood of false positives ...

The Trump administration’s rejection of the endangerment ruling that said greenhouse gas is dangerous has triggered vigorous pushback.

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon Daily on Energy readers, and Happy Lunar New Year! 🧨🐎🧧 The Potomac River wastewater spill is getting messy, as state officials and the federal government are ...

As snow powers the Winter Olympics, you probably underestimate the simple snowflake. For starters, snow isn't technically white.

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...

Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...

Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical ...

"Skin wrinkles in water because the brain triggers the autonomic nervous system to constrict blood vessels under the skin, ...

This Instagram account shares intriguing trivia nuggets to prove that as long as we learn something new, no time is wasted.

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...