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Plants & Animals Aug 17, 2026

It's not just flowers that help the pollinators. Grass can too.

Bees may be relying on your lawn for their next meal, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.

Social Sciences Aug 17, 2026

Parents should encourage tweens and teens to take risks—here's why

Parents may have heard of the dangers of being a "helicopter parent." They hover so closely over their kids that they never get a chance to develop independence and resilience.

Social Sciences Aug 17, 2026

Hostile attitudes toward women are driving extremism in young Australians

"Students are funneled into echo chambers, lured into extremist content through innocent avenues such as gaming and workout videos, then exposed to extreme misogyny, racism, homophobia and transphobia." That's how one Australian ...

Environment Aug 17, 2026

Miami's largest tree canopies deliver most cooling, monitoring data suggests

People rarely give much thought to the trees around them—until there aren't any. Not when they're driving past them. Not when they're scrolling on a park bench. But on a sweltering Miami afternoon, when the sidewalk feels ...

Environment Aug 16, 2026

Hurricane Lala pulls away from Hawaii's Big Island

Hurricane Lala was pulling away from Hawaii's Big Island early Sunday as heavy rain and strong winds struck the U.S. Pacific state and officials warned of potentially dangerous flooding.

Environment Aug 16, 2026

Belgium races to tame huge wildfire creeping toward Germany

Water-bombing aircraft and farmers' tractors joined forces Sunday to help firefighters tame Belgium's largest modern-day wildfire, which has scorched vast swaths of a hard-to-reach nature reserve near the German border.

Plants & Animals Aug 16, 2026

Shrinking water bodies can turn drought into disease hotspots or dead ends

Prolonged dry spells or droughts can sometimes reduce aquatic diseases, many of which affect people. Yet other times, water scarcity can counterintuitively lead to an uptick in diseases that depend on water.

Environment Aug 15, 2026

Hurricane poised to hit Hawaii as El Niño stirs Pacific

A strengthening tropical storm named Lala is set to hit Hawaii's Big Island with hurricane-force gales on Saturday, bringing dangerous winds, rainfall and heavy surf.

Environment Aug 15, 2026

Faced with historic drought, the Dutch rethink water management

On the banks of the Waal, the Dutch branch of the Rhine, swimmers are sunning themselves on a Nijmegen beach that didn't exist before the river level dropped a few months ago.

Environment Aug 14, 2026

Green roofs can help cool cities in the summer heat, but building them is only the first step. Many don't survive

As summer temperatures soar across the United States and Europe, cities are being forced to confront the difficult reality that they're getting dangerously hot.

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