Car repossessions are on the rise as delinquency rates on some auto loans hit record levels. Drivers hunt for cars and opportunity as the business model shifts.

Machine learning method counts nearly 12 million dead trees, many likely killed by rising seas

The Swedish Academy honored the writer whom critic Susan Sontag once called the “master of the apocalypse” for “his compelling and visionary oeuvre.”

A weekslong standoff ended with the detention of hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists who tried to sail to the war-torn enclave.

Wilson and colleagues identify 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological pathways channeling large volumes of water under the ice sheet.

The deep-sea sponge Monorhaphis chuni forms giant basal spicules, which can reach lengths of 3m; they represent the largest biogenic silica structures…

The AI program uses data collected from smartphones of people, including where they were before and went after being in a specific area.

Two major factors are driving up insurance rates in Maine: rising costs of prescription drugs and little competition in Maine’s market.

Satellite observations over the Greenland Ice Sheet reveal a destructive mode of meltwater drainage whereby a subglacial flood induced by the rapid drainage of a subglacial lake burst through the surface, fracturing the ice sheet.

Across much of the eastern U.S., electricity bills have jumped. The reason? Data centers required for AI and other tech wonders are driving up electricity demand.

Investors say genetic prediction services for embryos, used by Elon Musk and others, are a trust fund for future children. Many scientists are skeptical.

Brewing processes do not remove the fluorinated chemicals from water

The USDA has agreed to end its bid to halt federal funding for child nutrition programs, a move it hoped would force Maine to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender a...

EPA's final ban on most uses of toxic TCE marked a long overdue victory for public health. But this ban is in jeopardy due to Congressional Review Act Resolutions in Congress that seek to stop it.

Maine could try to attract more domestic visitors, Carolann Ouellette said, but there will be competition for those vacationers too.

Dozens of studies have failed to find evidence of a link. The decision to re-examine the question comes as a measles outbreak, driven by low vaccination rates, widens in Texas.

The Maine CDC on Thursday announced the positive test, marking the first new case in more than two months.

Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans.

There are three research projects underway at the farm to deepen understanding of how to keep PFAS from being taken up by crops.

The fertilizer was promoted as an environmental win-win for years. An untold number of farmers and ranchers across Texas have spread it on their land.

The city was notified of a broken sewer line on the mall’s property on Aug. 22. The line was reportedly fixed on Aug. 26.

Assessing the risk of metal-contaminated sediments under disturbed conditions is challenging due to the lack of methods that capture instant changes in metal bioavailability. Existing approaches provi...

If you’ve spent any time outdoors in Maine, you’ve probably walked by a patch of wintergreen.

From Alaska to Maine to Virginia, residents are using their voices and the law to preserve their communities.

A lawyer affiliated with Kennedy petitioned the FDA in 2022 to revoke approval of the polio vaccine despite scientific studies showing its safety and efficacy.

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research and review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance ...

Integrated analyses of bromalites provide robust pictures of past food webs, explaining early dinosaur evolution and the emergence of larger dinosaur faunas with new feeding patterns.

‘Forever chemicals’ pose health threat to developing children and linked with preterm birth, shorter lactation Higher usage of personal care products among pregnant or nursing women leads to higher levels of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in their blood…

Study detects synergistic effect making substances more dangerous, raising alarm since humans are exposed to both

Biochar, a charcoal-like substance made from heated organic biomass, is showing promise in reducing the uptake of forever chemicals in crops.

Microbial interactions form microfood webs, crucial for ecological functions. The steady state of these webs, shaped by cooperation and competition among trophic levels, prevents pathogen proliferation and invasion, maintaining soil health. Combined pollutants pose a widespread environmental issue, exerting significant pressure on microfood webs. However, understanding how these webs respond to combined pollutants in soil plastispheres, an emerging niche, remains limited. This study explores trophic interactions among bacteria, fungi, and protists, examining their effects on potential pathogens in three soil types amended with Cu or disinfectant, along with their plastispheres, using a microcosm experiment. Pollutant exposure disrupts trophic-level interactions through bottom-up and top-down regulation in soils and plastispheres, respectively. Microfood web network topology parameters prove more sensitive to pollutant stress than indicators from a single trophic-level community composition. Combined exposure causes greater disruption to the microfood web than exposure to a single pollutant (Cu or didecyl dimethylammonium chloride (DDAC)). Plastisphere reinforces negative impacts of combined pollutant exposure on the microfood web network, escalating potential pathogenic bacteria. Overall, this study deepens our understanding of microfood web responses under pollutant pressure in soil plastispheres and provides valuable insights for health risk assessments of soil combined pollutants.

Scientists find chloronitramide anions form in water treated with chloramines, raising questions about the ions’ toxicity

Investigators found bacterial contamination, black mold and poor safety procedures at the company’s Sanford manufacturing facility.

The returning president’s talk of mass deportation adds another variable to an already unpredictable mix.

A new analysis of National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration auto crash data shows that Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents...