The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating 'sacrifice zones' that harm water and health of world's poor.

Drilling in the 2-mile buffer zone of Pe' Sla, in the He Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota, shows even sacred lands protected by the U.S. government are not safe from the threat of destruction — and it should ring alarm bells everywhere.

Personal data ranging from your health information to your location is being hoovered up by the government.

Have you ever wondered how likely it is to find a message in a bottle, especially an old one? Let's do the math.

A researcher explains what we know — and what we don't — about the link between loneliness and memory problems.

The Artemis II moon mission was a great success. But America's longterm ambitions in space may deserve some scrutiny, a law scholar argues, given the nation's recent conduct on Earth.

A professor of anthropology explores how early hominins ate prehistoric elephants to survive.

A NASA researcher in planetary sciences explains how he discovered a new meteor shower linked to a disintegrating asteroid.

A professor of environmental law explores the 1970 Clean Air Act and it how it has effected car emissions and smog in the decades since.