Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This sequence of Planet Labs satellite images shows Dubai's Jebel Ali commercial port before and after it was hit by an Iranian ...

For more than 35 years, UNDP’s Human Development Report Office (HDRO) has produced the Human Development Index (HDI) for countries—helping shift the global conversation beyond income alone. But human ...

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Satellite images show that Iran has recently built a concrete shield over a new facility at a sensitive military site and covered it in soil, experts say, advancing work at a ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new way to trace the journey of water across the planet by reading tiny atomic clues hidden inside it. Slightly heavier versions of hydrogen and oxygen, called ...

Water wells are simple things, but that doesn’t mean they are maintenance-free. It can be important to monitor water levels in a well, and that gets complicated when the well is remote. Commercial ...

Space startup General Galactic aims to fly a satellite using only water for in-orbit propellant. The 1,100-pound satellite could validate two separate methods for water propulsion when it flies to ...

When journalists cannot cross borders, pass checkpoints, or enter bombed neighborhoods, reporting does not stop, but often shifts to methods that do not require physical access. In such conditions, ...

A new study found that bottled water had “significantly higher particle concentrations” than tap water Getty Bottled water contains “significantly higher” concentrations of plastic than tap water, ...

The record cold spell over the last two weeks is developing a lot of ice on the Great Lakes. The view from a satellite high above Earth gives us a great perspective on the expanding ice cover. The ...

Strong north winds that mixed with the past weekend's single-digit wind chill values and a gale warning are partially to blame for shockingly low water levels on the sound side of Pensacola Beach.

Through the startup Skopii, Georgia Tech researchers are translating lab-developed imaging and AI technology into a market-ready platform for faster, more accessible microbial monitoring.