Much as humans pack together in cities, it turns out coyotes inhabit at least one urban area at roughly 9 times the density they do in the wild, according to research in Washington state published ...

In a bid to cool people, not rooms, engineers made a printable fabric that turns body motion into electrical signals that ...

Green roofs can capture nearly all the microplastic particles that contaminate rainwater in modern cities, according to a new study. The findings add to the list of benefits of green roofs, which have ...

Substituting meat and dairy with more plant-based foods in our diets can achieve benefits for human and environmental health: this is a well-known fact. What’s perhaps less known is that these ...

In a first, researchers realistically calculated how solar farms in the Gobi Desert improve air quality in northern Chinese ...

The same proteins that keep a frozen pint smooth also make its fat hard to recover. A research team found an inexpensive way around the problem.

Geoengineering demands a new way of looking at the world—one that can be troubling. A new study shows how long-term coexistence with humans can reshape even the wildest predators—in this case, making ...

Frozen food worldwide is still kept at −18°C (0°F). Raising that by just three degrees could avoid 17 million tons of emissions a year, and an 18-month study found most foods stay safe and tasty. Sit ...

Hobbled by a lack of data, scientists have been unable to track biodiversity across much of the planet. A new initiative ...

Kids leave diapers behind nearly a year later than they did in the 1950s. With 300,000 disposable diapers tossed every minute ...