As climate change continues, scientists have observed a disturbing trend: The money that megacities spend to adapt to climate change seems to be linked more to protecting valuable capital, and less to protecting vulnerable people.
The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, reveals...
During a seven-month outbreak of Zika virus infection that ended in April 2014, health officials in French Polynesia noticed an uptick in the number of patients showing up at hospitals with a rare but dangerous constellation of symptoms known as Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Typically in the wake of...
For years scientists have warned that climate change will cause melting ice caps, rising sea levels and severe droughts and floods. But global warming's effects can also be far more personal, seriously harming human health.
Most recently, the mosquitoes that can transmit the Zika virus, once found...
The capping of a massive gas leak this month brought relief to the Porter Ranch community. But as thousands of displaced residents return to their homes, many are worrying if their property values have taken a big hit.
The four-month leak in Aliso Canyon laid bare that Porter Ranch is near an enormous...
Jessica Alba is a one busy woman. The Golden Globe-nominated actress is co-founder of the Honest Co., a billion-dollar personal care and home goods business. She recently launched Honest Beauty, a collection of skin care and beauty products. We're more than a little curious about how she juggles...
It's that time of year again — the time for sore throats and sniffles, body aches and fevers.
It's also the time for throat lozenges, hot tea with lemon, chicken soup and long naps.
But what about sweating it out? What's a fitness fanatic to do when the gym emits its siren call? Will some perspiration...
Are you a screen zombie?
Are you fighting with your significant other, your teenager, your parents, your best friend — even with yourself — about how much time your digital device is distracting you from real, as opposed to virtual, life?
Or maybe you're so buried in your screen that you don't...
Here’s a view of the Milky Way galaxy like you’ve never seen before.
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment telescope in Chile (APEX for short) captured this super-panoramic image of our home galaxy, mapping the full view of the galactic plane as seen from the Southern Hemisphere in unprecedented detail.
...A killer is on the loose in the Americas, blamed for dozens of deaths and thousands of critical injuries. Officials have identified a prime suspect that appears to have the means, motive and mosquitoes to carry out its attacks.
The Zika virus has been indicted in Brazil and elsewhere for a mysterious...
The last of the evening light had disappeared, stealing the incandescence from a million pink and white almond blossoms. Inside the modest conference room of a research facility once operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the South Valley Bee Club convened its regular meeting.
More people...
