The typical images that “climate change” conjures include disappearing coastlines and melting polar ice. But what about animals’ brains — including our own? Can they be affected by the changing ...

Human body size has grown as homo sapiens evolved over millennia. A new study found a strong correlation between temperature and body size. The link between human evolution and the climate could have ...

Our brains work best when our homes are at a specific temperature; too hot or too cold and we are more likely to experience cognitive difficulties, according to a recent study. Scientists at the Hinda ...

When Superstorm Sandy made a beeline for New York City in October 2012, it flooded huge swaths of downtown Manhattan, leaving 2 million people without electricity and heat and damaging tens of ...

As the world grapples with rising sea levels, record-breaking heatwaves, and increasingly destructive storms, much of the global conversation has centered on damaged infrastructure, economic fallout, ...

Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam takes you on vacation with him to Alaska. You'll hike on top of a glacier, drink from a cool stream, and talk with fellow tourists from around the world. But the ...

Houston has barely begun to dry out from Hurricane Harvey, and Florida faces a massive rebuilding effort after the Irma catastrophe. These two storms, among the most powerful in American history, are ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert about why the human brain doesn't respond to threats posed by climate change as quickly or proactively as seems warranted. As world ...

The Earth is on fire, although until very recently, pretty much every notable rightwing asshat was (natural) gaslighting their constituents into thinking otherwise. While there has been a noticeable ...