This Earth Day, let’s celebrate our patch of Earth here in the Sonoran Desert —and the plants, animals and people who make it ...

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A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

In Screen Gab No. 177, we catch up with "Wheel of Time" showrunner Rafe Judkins and recommend a film and TV show worth ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...

Not all of it. Earlier this year, US president Donald Trump promised Congress that he would “lead humanity into space and plant the American flag on the planet Mars and even far beyond”. He’s wrong, ...

Perry, author Lauren Sanchez, TV presenter Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, former rocket scientist Aisha ...

Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature," David B. Williams slows down and takes a close look at Seattle.

In celebration of Earth Day, we spoke with the creators of three picture books highlighting underappreciated processes of nature and the conservationists fighting to protect the environment.

It would be nearly impossible to make the Earth as inhospitable to life as the planet Mars — not that we aren’t trying. And ...