Biodiversity helps ecosystems survive climate change
Biodiversity is being lost in recent decades as species become extinct. Yet ecosystems that have higher biodiversity tend to survive better in our changing climate.
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How is lung cancer like Hurricane Harvey?
We didn't deny the connection between long-term smoking and lung cancer. Why do we continue to deny the effect of climate change on weather?
San Francisco is hot, with wildfires blazing nearby
Extreme and record-setting heat came to the San Francisco area late last week, and wildfires continue to threaten lives and national treasures.
Hurricane Irma churns as fake forecasts abound
Don't trust every hurricane forecast you read on social media. Irma is a dangerous storm, but the Nat'l Weather Service says it may not hit land.
Ethical for teachers to promote tech products?
Teachers use their classrooms to promote commercial products in exchange for freebies tech companies offer them.
Teens take risks, but not because of slow brains
Do you wonder why teens engage in risky behavior? It's evolution, not that their brains are slow to develop or make connections.
Photoessay: Eclipse USA at Madras High School
Saw the eclipse from the home bleachers at Madras H.S. in Madras, Ore. It was the show of a lifetime—brief but full of wonder.
Wildfires affect folks miles away in Montana Rockies
The Rocky Mountains in Mont. are breathtaking, but today, they're covered in smoke from wildfires that are impacting people's lives.
Fins, arches, and hoodoos in the Utah mountains
The rocks in a "natural amphitheater" in Utah reveal clues as to how those structures were formed thousands or millions of years ago.
Sunspot moved from where it was 3 days ago
Every chance we get, we're looking at the sun ahead of the US eclipse on Aug. 21. Here's a little info about the sun itself: it rotates as a gas, not a solid.