In this twist on Cooking with Carson, we haul and review four Dollar Tree Science Kits from the Science for Kids brand. These experiments are one dollar each and perfect for learning and play when ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the understorey due to a lack of light. One reason for this is the absence of ...

Take a 2-minute flyover of BiodiversiTREE, a 20,000-tree forest experiment at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on Chesapeake Bay. The forest has 16 different tree species, so scientists ...

When you hear the words “greenhouse gas,” your mind probably goes to carbon dioxide, the concentration of which has been steadily rising worldwide, leading to a feedback loop of absorbing and trapping ...

These simple, DIY science experiments for kids will help combat "summer slide" — and your kids will be having so much fun, they won't even notice that their brains are getting a workout. The best part ...

Fall leaf color and climate change, urban trees, heat islands and downtown honeybees. Why do leaves change color in the fall, and how will climate change affect that rainbow of color? Plus, urban ...

After filling the Christmas tree stand's reservoir with water on Monday -- somewhat in a panic, I'm ashamed to admit -- I'm happy to report the tree is doing very well. The water level has receded ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. The Christmas tree feels like a tradition from time immemorial—and in some ways it is.