Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, ...

The Hospital Preparedness Program helps hospitals and emergency managers save lives in wildfires, tornadoes, pandemics and ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time. Today ...

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock ...

A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in the U.S. South, and researchers warn of a ...

A bipartisan group in Congress is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency—in some cases, ...

The U.S. needs to set an example for the rest of the world by taking our nuclear missiles off hair-trigger alert and ...

Hit by restructuring, the EPA is reportedly planning to end the Energy Star program, a project that has saved hundreds of ...

Cities across the U.S., including inland ones such as Denver and Dallas, are settling into the earth, posing increased ...

Defending our public libraries is part of a larger struggle for the integrity of institutions essential to democracy, writes ...

Under President Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate offices that track greenhouse gas emissions and ...