At the L'Anse aux Meadows historical site in Newfoundland, Canada, a 10th or 11th century Viking home is depicted. The settlement is the only confirmed Norse archeological site in the Americas outside of GreenlandDe Agostini via Getty Images It's long been known that the Vikings were the first Europeans to ...

California's farmers are pumping billions of tons of extra water from underground aquifers this year because of the drought. But new restrictions on such pumping are coming into force.Dan Charles | NPR In a new push to stop further depletion of California's shrinking aquifers, state regulators are turning to technology ...

A scenic view of a lake against the sky at night in British Columbia. Earlier this month, a resident of Golden, B.C., woke up to the sound of a crash and found that a meteorite had landed in her bed.Nadia Palici | Getty Images Ruth Hamilton had a rude awakening ...

A walrus pictured at the Pairi Daiza animal park in Brugelette, Belgium.John Thys | AFP via Getty Images If you're concerned about the effect of climate change on the Arctic's wildlife now you have a way to get involved from your own home by signing up to be what the ...

Space companies like Blue Origin are grabbing headlines with the promise of a new era of space tourism, mostly recently with the plan to send William Shatner to the edge of space. But unless you're lucky, space is still out of reach for most of the public.Joe Raedle | Getty ...

An artistic reconstruction of Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus in moss.Holly Sullivan | Harvard/NJIT The discovery of an incredibly rare fossil is helping scientists learn more about one of Earth's ancient and most resilient inhabitants: the microscopic tardigrade. Modern tardigrades are eight-legged micro-animals, also known as water bears or moss piglets. They're almost ...

In a farming area east of Tulare, Calif., fields of corn and dairy herds depend on water from wells like this one. The state is now limiting the use of this groundwater.Dan Charles | NPR California's agricultural empire is facing a shakeup, as a state law comes into effect that ...

North Dakota ranchers have been forced to sell off close to 25% more of their herds over last year.Kirk Siegler | NPR Joey and Scott Bailey are sitting in their kitchen trying to figure out how they'll get through these next few months. "Just your grass hay that we would ...

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Benjamin List and David MacMillan, two scientists who pioneered an "elegant" new method of building molecules, known as asymmetric organocatalysis.Fernando Vergara | AP Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing "an ingenious tool for building molecules" that ...

Aaron Fukuda, general manager of Tulare Irrigation District, stands in a basin that's designed to capture floodwater so that it can replenish depleted aquifers.Dan Charles | NPR Aaron Fukuda admits that the 15-acre sunken field behind his office doesn't look like much. It's basically a big, wide hole in the ...