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Firefighters take a defensive stand against a home burning in Redwood Valley, Calif., ignited by an 80 acre wind whipped brush fire fed by tinder dry conditions on July 7.

The World Has Been On Fire For the Past Month. Here's What It Looks Like

Photos of the many countries across the northern hemisphere this summer exp...

Photos of the many countries across the northern hemisphere this summer experiencing the worst wildfires in years of recorded history

The Inspiration4 crew returns from Camp Muir on Mount Rainier on May 3, 2021.

From Civilians to Astronauts: How the Inspiration4 Crew Trained to Go to Space

"I wanted them to get comfortable with being uncomfortable because not ever...

"I wanted them to get comfortable with being uncomfortable because not everything about space will be comfortable."

A flooded area in Weihui, Xinxiang city, in China's central Henan province, on July 26, 2021.

Populations are Booming in Flood-Prone Areas—Especially in Developing Countries

The number of people living in flood-prone areas is growing faster than in ...

The number of people living in flood-prone areas is growing faster than in other places, and at a much faster rate than scientists had previously expected, a study published Aug. 4 in the journal Nature...

The crew of the Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit. From left: Hayley Arceneaux, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman, and Chris Sembroski photographed in Los Angeles, July 2021.

With Private Space Flight On the Rise, Who Gets to Be Called 'Astronaut?'

With private space flight on the rise, paying customers can blast off for o...

With private space flight on the rise, paying customers can blast off for orbit. But does a spacecraft ticket make one an astronaut?

Hayley Arceneaux (left) and the rest of the Inspiration4 crew on a ZERO-G flight in Las Vegas on July 11, 2021. The plane flies in parabolic arcs to simulate zero gravity.

The First All-Civilian Team of Astronauts Is Headed to Orbit. Here's What to Know About the Inspiration4 Mission

The Inspiration4 mission marks a turning point in which space is within the...

The Inspiration4 mission marks a turning point in which space is within the grasp of private corporations and citizens

Ribosome translating messenger RNA into a polypeptide chain

MRNA's Next Chapter Has Nothing to Do With COVID-19 Vaccines

It’s safe to say that before the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Mod...

It’s safe to say that before the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, most people hadn’t thought about messenger RNA, or mRNA, since high school science class—if ever. The molecule plays a pivotal...

Desks are spread out for social distancing at a Shiloh Hills Elementary School classroom in Spring Township, Pa., on Aug. 21, 2020.

Now Is Our Chance to Rebuild U.S. Public Schools To Address Both Climate Change and Racial Inequality

When school facilities closed for in-person learning in early March 2020, t...

When school facilities closed for in-person learning in early March 2020, the assumption was that the shutdown and pandemic would be temporary blips in the memory of our students. Some 16 months later, school facilities...