Our surroundings shape a lot more than our daily routines. They influence everything from how we think to how we feel and function. Consider how noise from the street might make it hard to concentrate ...

This widely used chemical compound has been shown to mimic hormones and disrupt endocrine systems in animals. Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English ...

In the 1993 movie "Jurassic Park," Dr. Ian Malcolm, a fictional math genius specializing in chaos theory, explains the "butterfly effect," which holds that tiny actions can lead to big outcomes. "A ...