Follow the BBC's Kingdom and all your favorite natural history documentaries on your travels with...

Live Science 2/25 3:41A Rich Owen

Prices have been slashed on NordVPN by up to 74%. Sign up, and you'll also receive an Amazon gift card worth up to $50.

'Rare and enigmatic' structures found at the Milky Way's center in largest-ever map of its kind

Live Science 2/25 3:30A Brandon Specktor

Scientists using the ALMA telescope have created the most-detailed-ever map of the Milky Way's chaotic center. The observations could open a window to the ancient universe as it appeared shortly after the Big Bang.

We now know why shoes squeak, and it involves miniature lightning bolts

Live Science 2/25 3:19A Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

Harvard engineers think they've found the reason basketball shoes squeak, and it's due to pockets of friction between the rubber and the court.

Chain Word: Can you crack our science word of the day puzzle?

Live Science 2/25 12:02A Alexander McNamara

You have six chances to guess our five letter word of the day. Can you figure it out and top the leaderboard?

The Power of Perennial Agriculture

Civil Eats 2/17 9:00P Christina Cooke

The U.S. food system operates a lot like fast fashion, say Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug. In their new book, Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods , they explain that most crops—like the corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans that dominate...

Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Advance Offshore U.S. Aquaculture

Civil Eats 2/12 9:00P Meg Wilcox

Article Summary • The MARA Act would enable commercial-scale demonstration projects of all types— finfish, seaweed, and shellfish—in federal waters (3 to 200 nautical miles offshore). • Supporters say it’s needed as a first step toward cutting...

Release: 500 Farmers Urge Congress to Act Amid Growing Farm Crisis

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 2/11 12:48A Laura Zaks

Release: 500 Farmers Urge Congress to Act Amid Growing Farm Crisis Washington, DC, February 11, 2026 – Today, a letter signed by 500 farmers and ranchers from across the country was delivered to key members of Congress urging immediate action to...

Mid-Atlantic Farmers Share Challenges

Civil Eats 2/3 9:00P The Civil Eats Editors

Future Harvest is a non-profit organization that trains and supports farmers in Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and Washington D.C. in order to advance an agricultural system that sustains farmers, communities, and the environment....

The US Farmers Saving Palestinian Seeds

Civil Eats 2/2 9:00P Jennifer Cole

Article Summary • Conflict has long threatened the survival of traditional Palestinian crops, and Israeli attacks since 2023 have destroyed nearly all the farmland in Gaza. • The West Bank-based...

Fighting Hunger in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Civil Eats 2/1 9:00P Elena Valeriote

Article Summary • Arkansas has had the highest food insecurity rate in the nation for three years in a row, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). • In the town of...

Living and Eating in Kinship With the Land

Civil Eats 1/27 9:00P The Civil Eats Editors

At Civil Eats, Indigenous foodways has long been a core area of our coverage. For more than a decade, we’ve reported on foraging and subsistence hunting , food sovereignty , the landback movement ,...

How Artisan Grains Helped Skagit County Rebuild Its Economy

Civil Eats 1/25 9:00P Jason Dove Mark

Article Summary • The Skagit Valley is the center of a thriving regional grain economy, fueled by local wheat production, a mill, the research center Breadlab, and bakeries. • A key driver behind the...

Updated Federal Data Shows States With Little to No USDA Staff

Civil Eats 1/20 9:00P Rebekah Alvey

Recently updated federal data shows the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has 21 percent fewer employees since the start of the Trump administration, leaving some state offices entirely unstaffed. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)...

Op-ed: The New Food Pyramid Is a Climate Disaster

Civil Eats 1/12 9:00P Leah Kelly

The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were just released, along with a new food pyramid that heavily promotes meat and dairy—and reflects the authors’ ties to industrial animal agriculture. While the new guidelines emphasize fruits and...

A Florida Oyster Fishery and Its Community Fight for Their Future

Civil Eats 1/5 9:00P Ben Seal

This story was co-published and supported by the journalism nonprofit Economic Hardship Reporting Project . On a late afternoon in early November, Xochitl Bervera launches The Roxie Girl from St....