Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may not be allowed.

The northernmost town in the world, Longyearbyen, is 800 miles from the North Pole, but home to over 2,000 people.

The northernmost town in the world, Longyearbyen, is 800 miles from the North Pole, but home to over 2,000 people.

Whether it is salt flats in Bolivia or rock formations in Arizona, nature never ceases to amaze.

Jane Goodall's powers of observation revealed facts scholars had overlooked for years. She died at 91 on October 1.

The International Space Station, at 250 miles above Earth, can see some of the world's most spectacular landmarks, both natural and man-made.

Life on the International Space Station isn't always easy. There's not a lot of room, no showers, and no laundry. Photos show how astronauts live.

Submersibles captured images of the Titanic wreck to create a "digital twin" of the ship. Researchers are using it to explore the Titanic's mysteries.

The Titanic, which sank in 1912, was found on September 1, 1985, during a Navy search for two missing nuclear submarines.

New details about the mysterious disappearance of Konrad 'Koni' Steffen, a pioneering climate scientist, who vanished on Greenland's melting ice sheet, raising urgent questions about climate change's dangers.

Silicon Valley has a long history with psychedelics, and some of its best-known leaders have partaken, including Bill Gates and Sam Altman.

During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt created a tree army. Civilians planted trees, built dams, and transformed state and national parks.

In June, a man in Georgia narrowly missed being hit by a meteorite. In 1954, a woman actually was.

Despite all the buzz around space tourism and giant rockets that can get us to the moon and beyond, life in space is still a long shot. Here's why.

On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Explore the unsolved problems with space habitation as experts discuss radiation, gravity, and building bases on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Delays, bumpy rides, and even the cost of flying could get worse as the climate crisis escalates.

A huge earthquake and tsunami will someday hit the Pacific Northwest. Predictions of the "Big One" are terrifying, and the government is not prepared.

Federal actions like the 1970 Clean Air Act and the 1972 Clean Water Act helped regulate water and air pollution.

In a letter to NASA's interim chief, Sean Duffy, the group slammed "wasteful changes" that undermine NASA's core mission.

Mark Zuckerberg's wife, Priscilla Chan, said GPUs are key to recruiting for the couple's philanthropic organization, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.

Jared Isaacman is a high-school-dropout-turned-billionaire who was once nominated to lead NASA. Now he's been dragged into Trump and Musk's feud.

With Elon Musk on the political outskirts, Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck told BI customers value his company's simple focus on rockets and satellites.

Researchers are using large language models to decode the communication patterns of animals.

A heat wave is underway across parts of the country, but some states had their hottest day on record decades ago.

SpaceX's flagship Starship model suffered its fourth explosion this year. NASA expects the company to put astronauts on the moon by 2027.

In 2024, Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic rainfall to North Carolina, causing flooding and landslides.

We went behind the scenes to see how the museum is digitizing its entire collection and building a DNA library to help solve real-world problems.

Axiom's crewed missions visit the International Space Station for about two weeks of extensive research work, where "every minute is accounted for."

Elon Musk said SpaceX would decommission its Dragon spacecraft "immediately" after Trump threatened his government contracts in their online feud.

SpaceX's Starship failed its third attempt to put cargo into Earth's orbit, spinning out of control and breaking apart again.

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes and needle-like teeth.

Nvidia chips take their names from pioneering figures in STEM fields like mathematics and computer science.

Nuclear engineers told BI that Big Tech's investments could propel nuclear out of a slump. Others are skeptical about buzzy "small modular reactors."

The US' history goes back thousands of years, thanks to a wealth of archaeological sites that give insight into the first humans in North America.

Blue Origin's next crew includes business figures and entrepreneurs after the high-profile mission featuring Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez.

In 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted, killing dozens and forever changing how the US monitors earthquakes. The volcano is still active but not erupting.

The National Hurricane Center chooses storms' names in advance. This year's list of hurricane names includes Karen, Pablo, Wendy, Chantal, and Dexter.

Pollution regulations began after the Environmental Protection Agency formed in 1970. The Trump administration has recently announced plans to cut back on EPA funding.

Many receipts contain the chemical BPS, which can absorb through your skin when you hold a receipt paper.

"There is no opportunity here anymore, and I don't want to waste my time," said a scientist who is studying Alzheimer's and moving to Germany.

Outside, your shoes can pick up microplastics and toxic street runoff. Tracey Woodruff's research convinced her to stop wearing shoes inside the home.