the body mass index, or BMI, has been ever-present since its introduction in the 1970s. But this metric of a “healthy weight” has come under scrutiny in the past decade or so, and with good ...

Despite decades of progress, the air quality in the United States has started to decline over the past few years ... air pollution is the Air Quality Index, or AQI which rates air conditions ...

For two weeks in a row, severe hurricanes and tornadoes passed through a geographic area containing a huge portion of the U.S. Gross National Product.

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... of a dime appeared huge by comparison as it fluttered past. Below us, a school of 12-inch, bigeye scad—like mackerel ...

These approaches to eating focus on listening to your body’s physical cues—and mounting evidence suggests they can improve ...

This story appears in the December 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine ... return of grizzly bears and wolves. During the past 40 years cougars have continued to expand throughout the ...

Recent data shows Texas has a lower cocaine usage rate, ranking No. 45 with 1.45% among adults, while Colorado leads at 3.06% ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... to the manners of their Indian relations.” During the past decade, Michigan-based computer scientist Roberta ...

Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... the plastic ever manufactured has been made in the past 15 years. Last year the Coca-Cola Company, perhaps ...

This article was originally published on March 28, 2023 and has since been updated by the author. Nearly 60 years following ...

Bingham's discovery was published in the April 1913 issue of National Geographic magazine ... need to protect the lost city that, before the past century, the world didn't know existed.

Often – but not always – these geographic puzzle pieces are part ... it risks losing the state and the larger national race to 270 electoral votes. With the 2024 presidential election ...