Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are concerned with spreading the net wider – or getting more helping hands on ...

A dialogue on this classic dichotomy My socials: for IG TikTok for my website 15-year-old Texas student shoots high school teacher, then dies at scene Leavitt fires back at reporter over question on ...

The two of us can often be found in a patch of scrubby bushland, phone in hand, slowly scanning for plants. Or crouched behind a tree trunk with binoculars, pausing mid-breath to find the source of a ...

While heat is often associated with reduced athletic performance and the dangers of heat stress, research increasingly shows that controlled heat exposure can provide powerful long-term health ...

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Michael Pollan's widely anticipated new book, A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness, brings his signature acumen and wit to one of science's essential mysteries. Along the way, he pursues ...

The CenLa Master Naturalists hosted a workshop on nature journaling and citizen science. Citizen science involves unpaid volunteers collecting data for scientific research, like the annual Christmas ...

New photos captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show that Mars' giant, spiderweb-like "boxwork" features are covered in tiny, never-before-seen nodules that bear a striking resemblance to arachnid eggs.

When Divina Cox was a child, the beaches in her home country of the Bahamas were typically postcard-perfect landscapes of fine white (and sometimes pink) sand at the edge of turquoise waters. But with ...

A newly installed citizen science station at Cary's Downtown Park is inviting visitors to become part of a long-term experiment in watching nature change. The installation, called a Chronolog, looks ...