(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) New NASA-funded research has discovered that Arctic permafrost's expected gradual thawing and the associated release of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere may actually be sped up by instances of a relatively li...

Scooter companies tout low carbon footprints, but cities see regulatory headaches-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Researchers give AI the ability to simulate the anticipated needs and actions of others-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

(Carnegie Institution for Science) Aerosols are tiny particles that are spewed into the atmosphere by human activities, including burning coal and wood. They have negative effects on air quality -- damaging human health and agricultural productivity....

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Four years after their publication by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), voluntary guidelines designed to increase the safety of e-health records have...

(University of Alaska Fairbanks) Methane released by thawing permafrost from some Arctic lakes could significantly accelerate climate change, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led study.

To know what a wildfire might do next, researchers need to know how an inferno interacts with the atmosphere-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Analysis finds that prenatal exposure to the pesticide is associated with a higher risk of severe autism with intellectual impairment-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Fear of fines may fuel more sudden stops and rear-end accidents-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Hail causes most thunderstorm-related damage and could become more common with warming-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com