U.S. methane emissions flatline, despite increases in oil and gas production

Methane emissions from the oil and gas sector held steady in the United States even as oil and gas production increased ...

How lessons from fisheries management could help us govern Earth's orbital space

The space industry is rapidly expanding. About 20,000 satellites already circle Earth, a number that could reach 100,000 by ...

Introduced species aren't good or bad—they are labeled according to human interests

In George Orwell's 1945 allegorical novella "Animal Farm," pigs coach the other revolutionary farm animals in their new creed ...

New evidence points to two feeding black holes just 175 parsecs apart lurking in the early universe

Astronomers have found two actively feeding supermassive black holes separated by just 175 parsecs (570 light-years) in a galaxy seen when the universe was only about 2 billion years old. The system, ...