Even a localized nuclear war can alter the world’s climate
The most important factor here, surprisingly, isn't the bombs -- but what they can set alight.
The Clean Air Act in the US saved 1.5 billion bird lives over the past 4 decades
Clean air is good news for everyone!
Ireland’s first-ever dinosaur fossils confirmed
Geologically speaking, Ireland is not conducive to finding dinosaur fossils.
Two of Darwin’s notebooks were lost, possibly stolen, around 20 years ago — Cambridge University calls for public help
Now that's what I call delayed action!
Lockdowns shut whole economies down, but greenhouse gas levels are still rising
It worked for a time, but a more sustained effort is needed -- for our own sakes.
New species of glowing mushroom found growing on dead bamboo in India
Glowing is always in fashion.
Resistance is futile: what viruses are, and why we’ll never ‘beat’ them
They’re the most successful group on the planet, and they’re not even alive.
How Galileo Galilei’s discoveries helped create modern science
This was a man not afraid to stand and gaze into the heavens -- thankfully for us all.
Fossil Friday: ancient shark bones turn out to be the teeth of a new species of flying dinosaur
I mean, who hasn't this happened to, right?
Water could be a natural byproduct of rocky planets forming — so it could be almost everywhere
This would be very helpful.
Warming climates make hurricanes more dangerous and longer-lasting over dry land, a new study explains
They are no longer confined to coastal areas, the authors explain.
AI reads, translates, and auto-completes ancient cuneiform texts
It should help us preserve these priceless texts for the future.
Could bacteria take up jobs mining in space? Turns out, they could
It's honest work.
Anti-COVID-19 measures could lead to large, delayed outbreaks of other diseases if we don’t prepare
There never seems to be a shortage of diseases.
You’re being duped with counterfeit wine — but this machine-learning approach can save you
No more counterfeit wine for me! Probably.
“Harmony Square” is new a video game against political misinformation, backed by the Department of Homeland Security
To be honest, the game is about producing and implementing such misinformation.
Fossil Friday: amphibian trapped in amber is the first known ‘tongue-thrower’
The fossils were at first (mistakenly) identified as being an ancient chameleon.
A brewery in the Netherlands becomes the first iron-fueled factory in the world
That's pretty metal!