Alaska’s glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floods
A study explored the evolution of several glacial lakes near Bering Glacier, Alaska.Google Earth, AirbusMaxar Technologies, CNES/AirbusEvery summer, people living near the Mendenhall River in Juneau, ...
Dan McGrath, Associate Professor of Cryospheric Sciences, Colorado State University
US is less prone to oil price shocks than in past decades
Gas prices are up, but other forces may limit the economic harm to the U.S.Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesOil is a global market, so when prices rise in one place, they rise everywhere. The cur...
Amy Myers Jaffe, Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University; Tufts University
What James Madison can teach Americans about religious freedom today
Painting in the Wisconsin State Capitol of 'The Signing of the American Constitution.' George Washington is seen presiding over the occasion, and on the right in the foreground is James Madison. E. R...
Corey D. B. Walker, Dean and Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, Wake Forest University
Social media can draw attention to atrocities – a key factor in reducing risk of recurrence
A demonstrator holds a placard reading 'Save Aleppo, Free Syria' at a protest in Italy on Dec. 18, 2…
Why do mountaintops stay snowy, even though they’re closer to the Sun?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert…
Abandoned Pennsylvania mines and waste-heat recycling could make the state’s massive new data center…
An aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof next to generators on the lower level of a data c…
What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ
Most people get acquainted with their appendix when it's inflamed and about to rupture.Sebastian Kau…
Silicone wristbands can help scientists track people’s exposure to pollutants like ‘forever chemical…
Wearing silicone wristbands that absorb pollutants could help scientists monitor for chemicals in th…
I’ve studied MAGA rhetoric for a decade, and this is what I see in Hegseth’s boasts, action-movie on…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responds to questions about the Iran war in a March 2, 2026, press…