Manganese in California's Central Valley water threatens fetuses and children

This Part of the U.S. Will Suffer Most from Climate Change

50 years ago today, the Pioneer 11 spacecraft set sail for the outer solar system. And 4 million years from now, the probe — which carries a gold-plated plaque meant to help identify humanity’s place in the cosmos — will pass very near the star Lambda Aquilae, located some 125 light-years away.

Medieval lunar eclipse observations show how volcanoes affect Earth's climate