Google and UC Berkeley have turned Android smartphones into lifesaving earthquake detectors, now operating in 98 countries ...

Communities along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered their residents to higher ground Wednesday after a powerful earthquake prompted a ...

When Mexican firefighters crossed borders to help Texans after the floods, they reminded us that humanity doesn’t stop at a ...

The Trump administration intends to house immigration detainees at a big South Jersey military base, naming it as one of two ...

The game is at 6 p.m. Saturday, but a little later that evening, their story will echo again—not on grass, but from the stage ...

A new entrant in the medical drone delivery industry is lifting off in Latin America.

Twenty-five years ago this month, Dan Sarewitz and I published a widely read and discussed article in The Atlantic Monthly titled, Breaking the Global Warming Gridlock (unpaywalled version here).

Officials later confirmed that a devastating tsunami was expected near Sand Point, Cold Bay and Kodiak in an update ...

"You can see that by a simple mouse click." NASA unveils incredibly precise new satellite tool that anyone can use: 'You can zoom in to your country, your state, your city block' first appeared on The ...

While public TV and radio stations in much of rural America don’t depend on federal funding as heavily as their Alaska ...

A proposed Interstate 66 TransAmerica Corridor could revitalize Southeast Missouri by connecting rural communities to jobs, ...

Senate-passed budget cuts threaten WCMU and WDCQ funding; local leaders warn of reduced emergency alerts and educational ...