In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules ...

If you hear a meteorologist, say stormy weather is expected, we didn't just pull it out of thin air. Instead, we looked at weather models predicting the future. Weather forecasting can be difficult ...

Ever wondered why winter mornings are so foggy? Science explains how cold air, moisture, and calm winds combine to turn water ...

Dirty outdoor air might grab the headlines, but learning how pollutants inside buildings form, accumulate and affect our health is equally crucial. Alastair C. Lewis is a professor of atmospheric ...

A new study reveals why crisp winter air smells cleaner, feels fresher, and boosts wellbeing—and it's best experienced in Finland's Santa's Lapland.

On March 10, 2020, 61 choir members rehearsed in a church hall in Skagit County, Wash. As they sang, a microscopic germ wafted through the air. Before the month’s end, 58 members were infected and ...

As climate change brings more wildfires to the western United States, a rare fungal infection has also been on the rise. Valley fever is up more than sixfold in Arizona and California from 1998 to ...

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Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

A diagram and a photograph of the water collection device. Credit: Guo, Y., Guan, W., Lei, C. et al./CC BY 4.0 You’ve probably seen a magic trick in which a performer makes a playing card, coin, or ...

If you hear a meteorologist, say stormy weather is expected, we didn't just pull it out of thin air. Instead, we looked at weather models predicting the future. Weather forecasting can be difficult ...