As the climate crisis grows, “cli-fi” books are driving action by showing dark, all-too-possible futures, says climate researcher Bill McGuire.…
Browsing: Science
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…
A new federal analysis gives all but a handful of states the lowest possible rating on the quality of their…
El Dorado was a mythical city said to be rich with gold, first reported in Europe in the 16th and…
Edited by Dava Sobel Schrödinger’s Cat Laments Look at me in this box all alone.Who’s to care if I don’t…
Scientists have developed a model that predicts six tropical fish species will expand into northern parts of Japan as sea…
Our review of the Coway AP-1512HH will give you everything you need to know about this air purifier, from how…
Extensive technological developments, a ban on fossil fuels, less construction, fewer flights, fewer car journeys and lower levels of beef…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Organizational climate is key to managing the flow of proprietary knowledge within an organization and to…