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The Apollo 1 Launchpad Fire: Remembering Grissom, White and Chaffee

By Ben Cosgrove

When Doing Good Means You're Bad

By Jeffrey Kluger

Breathtaking Panoramas and Mosaics From Opportunity’s Decade on Mars

By TIME Staff

Hundred Years of Dry: How California's Drought Could Get Much, Much Worse

By Bryan Walsh
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How a Plant Virus May Help Cause the Beepocalypse

A new study finds that a plant pathogen could play a role in honeybee colony collapse disorder

By Bryan Walsh

Bill Gates Talks to TIME About the Three Myths of Global Aid

The philanthropist explains why a reduction in child mortality hasn't led to an increase in population growth

By Jeffrey Kluger

Snowpocalypse or Not, 2013 Was One of the Warmest Years on Record

Amid a polar winter in much of the U.S., a new report reinforces the long-term trend of global warming—and sets the stage for an even hotter 2014

By Bryan Walsh

U.S. Oil Demand Grew Faster Than China's in 2013. That Won't Last

Production has been booming for awhile, but last year American demand for the black stuff grew by 390,000 barrels a day

By Bryan Walsh

Martian Ghost Rock Baffles NASA

Scientists analyzing images from the Mars Opportunity Rover are flummoxed after a rock mysteriously appeared in the rover's field of vision last week

By Denver Nicks

There Are Second Acts After All—Even for Spacecraft

The Kepler Space telescope, which was recently given up for dead, will find a second life

By Michael D. Lemonick

After The Spill

Of all the questions surrounding a Jan. 9 chemical spill in West Virginia, this might be the most disturbing: How dangerous was the chemical? About 7,500 gal. (28,390 L) of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) seeped into...

By Bryan Walsh

How Life Began: New Clues From New Worlds

How simple chemistry turned into biology has always been a mystery, but some smart people have some intriguing ideas

By Michael D. Lemonick

Driving Over Your Best Friend: It's the Right Thing to Do

Life is full of moral dilemmas, and a new study shows we may be better at resolving them than we think

By Jeffrey Kluger

Lions Are Almost Extinct In West Africa

Only 400 left

By Charlotte Alter

To Drill Or Not to Drill—Debate Over Offshore Testing and Drilling in the Atlantic

The pros and cons of seismic exploration in the Atlantic

By Elizabeth Kuhr

U.S. Carbon Emissions Climb for the First Time in Three Years

As coal regains footing, U.S. carbon emissions are likely back on the rise

By Denver Nicks

Why Some Mushrooms May Be Magic for Climate Change

The soil contains more carbon than all living plants and the atmosphere combined. Now a new study says that a certain type of fungi can help soil hold up to 70% more carbon—with potentially big impacts for the climate

By Bryan Walsh

The Dingo Didn't Eat Your Tasmanian Devil

Dingoes were long blamed form hunting the Tasmanian devils off Australia. But a new study shows that human beings should get more of the blame

By Bryan Walsh

Unknown Force Kicks Stars Out of Milky Way. Really.

A new type of 'hypervelocity star' has astronomers baffled

By Michael D. Lemonick

Surgeon: What They Don't Teach in Med School

When serious complications arise, empathy and communication can be the difference between acceptance and a dangerous false hope

By Marty Makary
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