Growing crops to make plastic could theoretically reduce reliance on fossil fuels and even pull carbon out of the atmosphere, but at an enormous environmental cost.

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The answer explains why electric cars are everywhere, but electric aircraft are still a novelty.

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Big Data, drones, diagnostics—the United Nations and other groups hope to innovate the world out of a maternal and reproductive health crisis.

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During the coronavirus lockdowns, emissions of the potent greenhouse gas somehow soared. The culprit wasn't humans—but the Earth itself.

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An experiment at the Large Hadron Collider suggests there’s a chance of catching this elusive evidence as it floats through our galactic neighborhood.

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Internet-connected thermometers can quickly show how influenza is spreading—so measures to control the disease can be targeted more effectively.

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US nuclear scientists have achieved the long-sought goal of a fusion ignition—but don't expect this clean technology to power the grid yet.

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A briefcase-sized satellite will ping lasers at the lunar South Pole to locate ice and map it for future human explorers.

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The craft survived a 26-day voyage and a scorching descent. Now it’s time for NASA engineers to learn what went wrong—and what went right.

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Physicists study starlight to find whether the fine structure constant, whose value makes our universe possible, really is the same everywhere.

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