In a bid to unearth its own nickel, lithium, and more, the U.S. is using AI to help zero in on mineral-rich deposits.

The Florida law was passed in 2018 after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland in which 17 students ...

Some of the country's wartime environmental catastrophes, scientists say, can be turned into long-term ecological gains.

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The Undark Podcast is returning with a new format and a new name: Entanglements. Tune in starting Monday, November 11.

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Speaking at an Erie, Pennsylvania rally just two days before of the vice presidential debate, former President Donald Trump made a bold statement: Police should be allowed “one really violent day” to ...

Ashley Smart is the associate director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, and a senior editor at Undark.