My sisters and I called home as soon as we saw my mom’s text that my dad’s fever had spiked. Both our parents had recently tested positive for COVID-19. My dad was so tired, he could barely speak — a possible sign of dangerously low blood oxygen…

Donald Trump's presidency is finally coming to an end, and the administration is using its dwindling days in power to lock in as much of Trump's agenda as possible. The latest effort, according to The Guardian, includes an attempt to sell a large…

Last week, members of Utah's Department of Public Safety (DPS) were counting bighorn sheep from a helicopter above Red Rock Country when one of the crew members noticed a tall, metallic monolith jutting out from the Earth. Images and videos from…

Joe Biden has been promising that he will make climate change a priority for his incoming administration, and on Monday he announced a major step forward in those efforts with the creation of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, a new…

For the last four years, Facebook has done an awful lot to endear itself to Donald Trump. From CEO Mark Zuckberg taking private meetings with the president to the company seemingly laying off fact-checking some of Trump’s very false statements,…

Many people have turned to cannabis and its derivatives as they search for pandemic relief, and one of the most widely available ones is CBD. It is also legal. You can buy oils, tinctures, capsules, gummies, cosmetics and even toilet paper said to…

The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is one of the most recognizable and important tools in humanity's search for other intelligent life in our galaxy. On Thursday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it will decommission and…

Dinosaurs met their untimely end about 66 million years ago when an enormous asteroid struck the Earth. It hit at a perfect angle, sending sulfur and gases into the atmosphere that altered the environment and lowered global temperatures, creating a…

As the planet warms courtesy of human-caused climate change, winters have been getting hotter, particularly in the United States. And while that’s bad news for a whole host of long-term ecological reasons, a new study published in the journal PLOS…

As the Earth’s population grows and approaches a projected 9.7 billion by 2050, the world’s freshwaters will face mounting pressure. Approximately 33 per cent of people do not have access to safe drinking water and a similar number do not have…

President-elect Joe Biden is gearing up to run perhaps the most ambitious effort to fight climate change that the United States has ever seen. A welcome development, as the outgoing Trump administration spent four years undermining environmental…

Earlier this year, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made headlines for officially becoming the first person on the planet to surpass the $200 billion net worth mark. On Monday, Bezos announced that he would be dedicating just a small portion of his…

A study has found that certain mouthwashes can kill the novel coronavirus in 30 seconds in the lab, suggesting they may help destroy the virus in saliva. Anything found to kill the virus is exciting, but that’s not a green light for you to rush your…

One of the many trash legacies of the Trump presidency will be the lasting damage it's done to the environment. Now, the administration is trying to lock in its plans to open up Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling before Joe…

This year’s hurricane season is set to break the record for the most named storms since 2005. One big reason for the surge is rapid intensification — a phenomenon where storms intensify to dangerous levels within a short amount of time.…

In addition to losing the presidential election, soon-to-be-former President Trump took another L last week in a battle with birders. The Trump administration had planned to purchase a 2.5-acre stretch of land in Texas that is home to the Salineño…

When President Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19, one of the cutting-edge experimental therapies he received was a mixture of monoclonal antibodies. But now a vaccine may soon be available. So are other therapies necessary or valuable? And what…

Coronavirus cases and deaths in the U.S. have far surpassed the grimmest early predictions. Just last week, we saw a million new cases. As a new wave of infections moves towards its peak, drug companies are in a race to beat it — and each other.…

President-elect Joe Biden is already setting the agenda for his administration. Last week, he announced members of his transition team, who will help him build out his staff ahead of inauguration on January 20. That includes a cast of environmental…