Hurricane Dorian timelapse

This video shows 350 images taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano from the International Space Station…

Building water-efficient cities

A new study shows a community’s built environment is closely related to how much water single-family…

Hurricane Dorian lashes Carolinas after Bahamas havoc

Hurricane Dorian, which reduced much of the northern Bahamas to rubble and left at least 20…

Satellite finds a 'hook' of heavy rainfall in Hurricane Juliette

From its vantage point in orbit around the Earth, when the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or…

NASA-NOAA satellite finds wind shear pushing on Tropical Storm Gabrielle

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the eastern Atlantic Ocean and infrared data revealed that the…

NASA DC-8 to Fly Low Over Los Angeles Basin and San Joaquin Valley

NASA’s DC-8 will be conducting low-level flights over the Los Angeles Basin and San Joaquin Valley…

Study offers new insights on impacts of crop trading in China

Feeding the world’s growing population is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. This…

Using nature to produce a revolutionary optical material

An international team of researchers has reported a new way to safeguard drones, surveillance cameras and…

It's crunch time for California's plan to phase out single-use plastics by 2030

With pressure mounting to address the state’s recycling crisis, California lawmakers are close to deciding on…

Having an elder brother is associated with slower language development

Several studies had already demonstrated that children who have an elder sibling have poorer linguistic performance…