climate change

By being someone else, and seeing and discovering the world through the eyes of other people, that can only increase our empathy… and decrease our own egocentric view of the world.

Podcast host Robert Wright’s lively conversation with the Harvard psychologist.

Environmental concerns have caused some to opt-out of reproduction, both to help the planet and to protect their would-be children.

An hour away from Area 51 in the Nevada desert, this solar power plant “banks” energy in a way that could be replicated across the world. 

Global warming and climate change is already reshaping coastlines due to higher waters. Pretty soon our next big cities will have to be at sea. But how will they make sustainable food?

Only a radically new tax system, one that affects everyone’s bottom line, can compel the environmental transition in consciousness that we so clearly need.    

Middle America is tired of those latte-sipping liberals and their “elite media” hanging out in New York City, but Ariel Levy makes the case that Americans aren’t as different from one another as they’d like to think.

Thousands of scientists from 184 countries have endorsed an open letter that outlines some of the Earth’s most pressing environmental problems.

“These facts have been presented time and again, year after year, for decades,” DiCaprio says. “Quite simply, we are knowingly doing this to ourselves.”

When it comes to climate change, gun control, and vaccinations, facts don’t change people’s minds—but there is one technique that might.

A new study shows how one dietary change in the U.S. could make a 46%-plus dent in greenhouse gas reductions. 

Ice finally met fire on last night’s episode of Game of Thrones, and their first conversation proved a perfect case study in the distance between power and reality.

A pioneering study provides a detailed look at how the U.S. economy will suffer from climate change.

The iconic physicist warns that we’d better find another planet in the next 100 years, or humanity is screwed.   

Elon Musk and many top CEOs condemned President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Is misinformation causing outbreaks of diseases long thought curable? A recent study found that just a simple “heads up” about fake news can help save thousands of lives. 

A Silicon Valley investor is spending millions on a publicity campaign aimed specifically at Elon Musk.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson releases an emotional video on the state of science in America.

A new study predicts air-travel turbulence may occur over larger areas thanks to climate change.

Since the March for Science was planned, it’s been mired in controversy from both supporters and those who think it’s politicized.

Is it good science in practice or just a smokescreen?   

In the summer of 1969, America did the extraordinary. Let’s do it again.

Methane gases from livestock production is contributing to the acceleration of global warming. Is a plant-based diet a smart way for individuals to curb the effects of climate change?

US scientists fearing for Earth’s climate future begin testing solar geoengineering. The consequences may be terrifying — which is exactly why we need these small-scale experiments.

The European Geosciences Union predicts that over 70% of glacier volume in the Everest region could be lost by 2100. One man has engineered a solution so that life in these regions can go on.

Ding-ding! Here’s round two of the viral Bill Nye vs. Tucker Carlson Fox News debate. The Science Guy replies, without interruptions, and makes Tucker Carlson an offer.

How can we stop extinction? One solution scientists have been developing for decades is de-extinction — the process of resurrecting extinct species through genetic engineering.  

A “forbidden research” conference at MIT tackles areas of science constrained by ethical, cultural and institutional restrictions. 

What if the vision wasn’t just to have politicians who are science literate, but actual scientists running the joint – would it be any better than it is now?

Just as the collective ruckus of science deniers hits its peak, Netflix announces a date for ‘Bill Nye Saves the World’, a heroic new show that will answer the most pressing science questions of our era.