Technology

Pathogens in soil are a danger to firefighters, but smoke may transport spores that cause valley fever and other infections into cities...

These pollinators can help urban gardens grow. That will be critical for cooling cities as the planet warms.

NASA will soon release the results of its DART mission to find out whether crashing a probe into a space rock can deflect it. Here’s...

California activists fought to frame climate change as an air quality problem. Now it’s federal law.

A new study shows that cancer patients in precarious living situations are twice as likely to die from their illness, underscoring...

In What If? 2, Randall Munroe explains that evading gravity can reduce your mass—but let’s do the math to see how far you have to...

Tesla’s outspoken CEO thinks the biggest threat facing the planet is people not having enough babies. Demographers disagree.

Playfulness and tickling aren’t always considered “serious” subjects, but a new study shows how they can address key questions about...

Astronomers mourn the end of an infrared observatory that flew aboard a jumbo jet. It was expensive, but it saw what Earth-based telescopes...

An experiment tests whether the gene-editing technology can stop the virus from replicating, which would ultimately wipe out the infection.