Alexander Bardi-Spröwitz has seen more dissected ostriches than the average engineer. Twelve years ago the researcher, now at the Max…
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Geologists have a reputation for facilitating the extraction of minerals and fossil fuels, says Christopher Jackson. Now we must use…
The Collider Detector at Fermilab recorded high-energy particle collisions produced by the Tevatron collider from 1985 to 2011. About 400…
Scientists at Scripps Research have invented a way to image, across different tissues and with higher precision than ever before,…
In 2021 Republican legislatures in 19 states passed 34 laws that restricted access to voting in more than a dozen…
The recent case of a driverless car that tried to escape its handlers might make us laugh, but it also…
By Clare Wilson GAP Photos/Anna Omiotek-Tott IN MY garden, bulbs such as snowdrops are coming up. Every year, I wonder…
As the climate crisis grows, “cli-fi” books are driving action by showing dark, all-too-possible futures, says climate researcher Bill McGuire.…
By Gege Li THIS is a newly discovered colony of gentoo penguins on Andersson Island off the Antarctic Peninsula, photographed…
Orbiting 500 km above the earth, the Fermi Large Area Telescope collects gamma rays from millisecond pulsars. As these high-energy…
Flexible, squishy hydrogel materials are used in a dizzying array of applications, from soft contact lenses to Jell-O. But all…
How confident can shoppers be that they are getting beef products from cattle that have been raised without antibiotics? Not…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Ocean water samples collected around the world have yielded a treasure trove of new data about…
Plants rely on a process called carbon fixation — turning carbon dioxide from the air into carbon-rich biomolecules – for…
Robbie Goodall/Getty Images “We learn geology the morning after the earthquake,” the 19th-century essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote. The…
Protected areas — such as nature reserves, national parks, and wilderness areas — are essential to conserving biodiversity. New research…
For years, climate scientists have been saying that time is increasingly of the essence if the world is to stave…
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears its 7th week, Western governments and independent observers continue to warn that Russia’s military…
An international team, co-led by researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) in the UK and the…
How our brains interpret signals from within the body has a surprisingly big influence on the mind, an insight that…
A team led by Maria Leptin has shown in the fruit fly Drosophila that autophagy, a mechanism of stress responses…
Russia has deployed military-trained dolphins to protect its Black Sea naval base in Crimea from underwater attack, new satellite images…
Which fruits are low in sugar? Fruit is a healthy way to add essential vitamins, minerals, fiber and water to…
From how food is grown to how we generate power, Vaclav Smil’s new book outlines the basic technologies that keep…
Josie Ford Va va vacuum Like many people who have difficulty distinguishing science fact from fiction, Feedback is anticipating with…
A balanced diet is essential for good health, so prebiotic foods are important. What we eat not only has a…
The Bataan Death March was an atrocity perpetrated by the Imperial Japanese Army on Allied POWs in the Philippine Commonwealth…
A paper published February 9 in Earth Planets and Space by Japanese Earth Science researchers analyzed the potential of a…
If you are someone who is susceptible to allergic reactions, then you may be wondering about the best air purifiers…
The Milky Way soars over the domes of McDonald Observatory’s Mount Locke, showcasing the region’s dark skies. Credit: Stephen Hummel/McDonald…