More than 50,000 Americans unwittingly live within 650 feet of natural gas wells, which are poorly regulated and can leak or explode.

A new report makes clear where much of the blame lies for our warming planet.

They, not climate scientists or activists, are stoking fear with exaggerated rhetoric and outright lies.

This glimpse of the celestial phenomenon is cause for wonder in a light-polluted world saturated with disturbing images.

The idea that liberal democracies shielded science from politics was always flawed.

The EPA chief's latest argument against fighting climate change is astonishingly foolish—but it's exactly what most of us want to hear.

A new book argues that life may be spread more widely through the universe than we think.

Linguists are studying how climate-related migration is affecting regional American dialects.

Weeks after Hurricane Michael caught Florida off guard, another unexpected monster is heading toward Mexico.

A frightening report on climate change has some experts pondering the perils of optimism about the future.

Liberals are baffled about the conservative female support for an alleged sexual assaulter. Social scientists are not.

People don't change their minds based on facts. They need an alternate theory.

The inventors of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator saw it as a path to self-discovery—and a tool of workplace management.

As climate change ravages the Golden State, earthquakes could become the least of residents' concerns.

Massive seaweed infestations are killing sea turtles and befouling beaches across the Caribbean—and scientists say it's just the beginning.

In Darwin’s theory, parents pass traits down to their children and the best survive. David Quammen’s new book explains a more complicated process.

The president's tweets are baffling experts. Here's a theory about which "bad environmental laws" he's talking about.

A plan to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel sounds great in theory, but poses a number of problems.

The sleep drug doesn't cause racism, but it can inhibit self-restraint.