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NPR science blogger and astrophysicist Adam Frank argues infrastructure must change in order to develop new, environmentally friendly forms of transportation.

You might expect kids to “cheer” on the last day of school. But when LeMoyne Elementary School students found out they'd won a recycling competition from…

More than 85 million bottles of water are sold every day in the United States. Freshwater expert Peter Gleick explains what's in them — and why we drink them — in the book Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water.

California and Great Britain agree to become partners in the fight against global warming. The deal was sealed at the port of Long Beach, where British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised to share clean-air technology and research.

Two local institutions sponsor a drop-off event in Syracuse to collect old thermostats and thermometers to reduce mercury, a harmful substance to humans and wildlife, in the county.

Words related to the natural world, such as 'river,' 'moss,' and 'blossom,' have dramatically declined in English-language books over the last 200 years.

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Dr. Catherine Lucey, vice dean for medical education and professor of medicine at UCSF, about how COVID-19 has changed the way future doctors are trained.

Your beloved dog or cat — and most definitely your bird — is miserable living with you.

Many people saw the Arab Spring as a sign of hope for youth in the area. But unemployment numbers there reflect the opposite. Host Michel Martin speaks with The Wall Street Journal economics reporter Sudeep Reddy and Shadi Hamid, director of research at the Brookings Doha Center, about the economic realities of the post-Arab Spring world.

The insects were created, using CRISPR, to carry a powerful "gene drive." The mosquitoes could provide a potent weapon against malaria, but they raise fears about unpredictable environmental effects.