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A sphere of solar panels passively cools the earthen home while generating maximum electricity

A new, low-tech invention could quench the thirst of millions of thirsty Africans by soaking up water from the atmosphere

Thanksgiving cacti should be in full bloom right now. Here’s how you can identify and collect all three so you can have cacti blooming for every holiday season!

Instead of Zoloft you may want to pop a psilocybin mushroom, say psychiatrists at Johns Hopkins University

The spooky Seven Sisters stars reappeared in the night sky on Halloween and will shine brightest on November 21.

EarthSky contributer Greg Hogan captured this image of the Pleiades in November 2015.

This guy makes elaborate “acorn elves” and photographs them in the most hilarious poses

32 states introduce legislation to stop switching the clocks, 13 states pass it. The arbitrary time changes were created to help big business, not farmers, The Old Farmer’s Almanac says.

Scientists speculate about how hollow icy shells of apples ended up on Michigan trees

For the first time in 76 years, we’ll have a full blue moon on Halloween Day in 2020.

Warming and shaking milk in plastic baby bottles releases 16 million microplastic particles into every liter of milk