Why does the Earth spin? Sara H., age 5, New Paltz, New York A globe was the first thing I ever bought with my own money.

But because the globe is spinning underneath ... McDowell brought the subject almost back to Earth. On our planet, he said, Point Nemo is definitely remote—as remote as you can get.

Fascism and authoritarianism are on the rise around the world. International solidarity is the only way to keep democracy ...

While reading the article in the Globe, “As birthrates plummet globally ... Thomas Malthus warned that the human population on Earth was far outpacing the planet’s ability to support it.

The Boeing-made Intelsat 33e satellite broke apart in orbit over the weekend. But company representatives don't yet know why.

Samuel D. Hunter’s spare masterpiece is two things at once: a heartbreaking story of human connection and a lesson in getting ...

The next president will face multiple high-impact disasters across stresses in the Earth’s systems — such as climate change, ...

The nether world, the underground, has been a space of curiosity, myth and imagination, whether cast as Hell or as a site of ...

The Hunter's supermoon was suitably imposing and Kaiju-like, as seen in Toronto, Ontario in Canada, as it was imaged by Mert ...

World governments are “fueling the fire” of a global health crisis with the trillions of dollars per year they direct toward ...

The link between air pollution, specifically PM2.5, and asthma has been a topic of debate, with earlier studies offering mixed results.

Satellites have long been used to track plastic in the ocean but have struggled to accurately spot pollution against a sandy ...