Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club’s thoughts on our latest read, the science fiction classic Ringworld by Larry Niven ...

Walsh and some of the other characters in Mrs. Dalloway are reminiscent of the figures in T. S. Eliot’s poem, “The Hollow Men,” which ends famously, “This is the way the world ends/ Not ...

1. Varanasi – The Timeless City of Shiva. L egend holds that when the world ends, Varanasi will be the last city standing, for it was founded by Lord Shiva himself. This ancient city, nestled on ...

13-foot-long stingray found in deep hole in Mekong River. The murky depths of the mighty river seems to function as refuges for some of the biggest freshwater fish on Earth, explorers are finding.

May and June’s long stretch of dry weather has one upside: The lack of rain put the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s major habitat restoration project on the East Fork Lewis River ...

An “historic” deal made two years ago between the U.S. government, four tribes, Northwest states and environmentalists to put legal battles aside and invest in restoring endangered Columbia ...

At the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, Secretary-General Guterres cautioned against turning the deep oceans into a "wild west," amid debates on seabed mining regulations. President Macron advocated ...

Have we broken the natural contract between humans and rivers? The nature writer debates our relationship with the world’s waterways that inspired his latest book, Is A River Alive?

North America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, which slithers along the border of Idaho and Oregon, is a surprisingly new addition to the Earth's ancient landscape. A recent study suggests that a ...

Commissioners from the seven states in the Colorado River Basin must create a plan to divvy up the river's water after the current guidelines expire at the end of 2026.