View of the North Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland, CanadaShutterstock/EB Adventure Photography For more than three months, sea surface temperatures in…
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Plastic waste is a problem on our beaches. Hence, it is largely removed in a coordinated manner within a few…
We can process and store new information as we sleepDmitriy Bilous/Tetra images RF/Getty Images Listening to foreign recordings and their…
Some insects have symbiotic relationships with microbesChris Hellier / Alamy Stock Photo Insects make up half of all animals on…
The majority of older adults with cognitive impairment are still driving, despite concerns raised by caregivers and others, a Michigan…
Researchers have partially deciphered the “unknown Kushan script” — a writing system that has puzzled linguists since it was first…
The diabetes drug Ozempic has dramatically reshaped weight-loss treatment. Combined with dieting and exercise, weekly injections of the drug can…
Smog in New York City on 7 June caused by smoke from wildfires in CanadaEd JONES/AFP/Getty Images Millions of people…
Establishing fidelity of PFs in ExM by correlating pre-ExM and post-ExM images acquired via confocal fluorescence imaging. (A) Overlay of…
An international research team from Queen Mary University of London, UK and the Rovereto Civic Museum Foundation, Italy has made…
In the midst of an already record-breaking heat wave, Phoenix, Ariz., set a particularly eye-popping record: the temperature only dropped…
Here were the simple instructions given by a Harvard University assistant professor to people participating in a recent cognitive science…
Credit: Amelie Funk In Africa, climate change impacts are experienced as extreme events like drought and floods. Through the Famine…
At my county coroner’s office, I regularly review cases of murdered women. They are victims of domestic violence, overwhelmingly ones…
Black rhinos are dehorned to discourage poaching, but this may affect their social behaviourVanessa Duthe Black rhinoceroses whose horns have…
In a first, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have glimpsed a rare type of star that astronomers aren’t…
One of the world’s largest studies on the impact of cholesterol-lowering medication has highlighted an issue with a new class…
Images of six galaxies, seen 500-800 million years after the big bang, captured by the James Webb Space TelescopeNASA, ESA,…
CLIMATEWIRE | When Joe Biden was a presidential candidate in 2020, he pledged to ban oil and gas drilling on public…
Fishers hauled in a swordfish (Xiphias gladius) covered in dozens of cookiecutter shark bites. (Image credit: Courtesy of TK Walker…
Two hours before a large earthquake, the ground seems to move—infinitesimally and without causing any shaking—a new study shows. This…
Memories can be as tricky to hold onto for machines as they can be for humans. To help understand why…
Volunteering in late life is associated with better cognitive function — specifically, better executive function and episodic memory. Those are…
Tam Pà Ling cave in northern Laos, where several human fossils dating back tens of thousands of years have been…
Microwave pyrolysis system used in the ZnCl2-activated biochar synthesis. The system components are (a) nitrogen gas cylinder; (b) quartz beaker…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It’s become easy to order items thanks to the miracles of online shopping. But it’s not…
“There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.” —Pink Floyd With my apologies…
The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower will peak this weekend, but it’s just the first act of a multiweek “shooting…
Fruit flies are sensitive to the sight of dead fliesMauritius images GmbH/Alamy Fruit flies exposed to dead flies of their…
IIASA recently launched the Climate Solutions Explorer — a comprehensive resource that visualizes and presents vital data about climate mitigation,…