A spotted lanternfly perches on a branch.

“Stomping out” a species that is here to stay

Spotted lanternfly are a reminder that we need to get more comfortable sitting with the things we can’t control
 Environment
• April 20, 2026

From AI to AGI

 Tech
• April 16, 2026

What is artificial general intelligence, and how will we know when we’ve achieved it? Understanding the debate over engineered superintelligence

Trump’s EPA to ignore economic benefits of clean air, focusing only on costs to polluters

 Environment
• April 13, 2026

A new agency rule retreats from cost-benefit analysis in calculating impacts on human health, imperiling improvements in air quality, experts say

The pink feathers of a flamingo stand out against a natural background.

Do state birds have a leg up in conservation?

 Environment
• April 8, 2026

Public attention and pride could help support state mascots and the habitats they rely on

A group of people in a park huddle around a telescope and look at the moon.

Looking for Jupiter in Manhattan

 Space, Physics, and Math
• April 2, 2026

A glimpse of what New Yorkers are missing above the city’s light-polluted skies

A white stoat stands upright among patches of green grass.

The Olympics are over. But the mascot stoats still face climate change

 Environment
• March 31, 2026

The two stoat mascots of Milano Cortina have a tough journey ahead of them as snow melts and their ability to camouflage worsens

This Earth Day, Lithuania looks to its environment for defense solutions

 Environment
• March 23, 2026

The country celebrates World Earth Day while preparing for what lies beyond its borders, the minister said.

A shoreline with the NYC skyline in the distance.

Digging up the past at Dead Horse Bay

 Environment
• March 12, 2026

The Brooklyn beach was closed in 2020 after radiological contamination was found. What's happened since?

Why do we have panic attacks?

 Ask Scienceline
• February 26, 2026

Psychiatrists say it's an instinct to identify risks, passed down from our ancient ancestors

A cigarette burning on a ledge

Vaping is less harmful than smoking, experts say. Why don’t smokers know this?

 Public Health
• February 20, 2026

Some scientists think anti-vaping public health messaging has failed current smokers

Early Screen Time May Hurt School Performance, Study Finds

 Health
• February 14, 2026

A new Canadian study suggests that more screen time in early childhood could hurt school performance years later

These advocates are addressing the gap in your sex education

 Health
• February 9, 2026

While the United States does not mandate menstruation education in schools, workshops and pediatricians might have the answer to educating young menstruators

University athletic trainers are leaving the sideline. Here’s why.

 Health
• February 5, 2026

Low pay, long hours and a lack of support are leading some university athletic trainers to leave the field

The spiral Andromeda galaxy shines against the darkness of space.

Is dark matter just an illusion?

 Space, Physics, and Math
• January 30, 2026

The dark matter debate drags on with an unconventional cosmological model that claims to explain the strange behavior of galaxies

Woman saluting in single file

Harmful exposures during the Gulf War put women veterans at risk of early menopause

 Health
• January 27, 2026

A study finds Gulf War veterans were more than three times more susceptible to early menopause than the average American woman due to environmental exposures

An image describing the function of a coral-inspired pill that is designed to pass through the small intestine.

What can a coral-inspired pill teach us about the gut microbiome?

 Health
• January 23, 2026

A new capsule measuring the small intestine’s microbes may help better illuminate the mysteries of the gut microbiome

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