Amateur astronomer discovered a new sungrazing comet during last week’s eclipse
Sadly, it met its end in the Sun's corona.
To the bitter end: primates can also fall into the sunken cost fallacy
Giving up is how you win, sometimes.
Researchers develop new tool to help regrow burned-down forests
We all need some help every now and then.
The food industry is skewing research, but we’re onto them now
Oh, food, don't betray me too!
Fossil Friday: Adalatherium, the largest mammal to run with the dinosaurs
To be honest it probably ran away from them, not with them.
No-meat diets won’t fix the climate — too many poor countries can’t adopt them
The choice between feeding your family and saving the climate isn’t easy to make -- but it will always go...
New projections warn that Greenland’s ice sheet will see 60% more melt than we’ve estimated
That’s a high margin of error.
3D printing may be worse for your lungs than assumed
Nobody likes the fumes -- I hope?
In the Red Sea, an oil tanker rots — it could create the largest spill in human history
There may finally be hope towards fixing the issue, however.
In 10 to 20 years, it will be so hot that tropical trees live shorter lives
Not a good roadmark to pass.
Economic inequality and decline fracture society, says a new study
Well, this can’t be good.
More people are turning to cannabis in the pandemic. Should this worry us?
Hemp has been popular in some parts of the world for centuries or even millennia. Certain strains of this plant,...
What was electricity up to before we discovered it?
Electricity is quite busy in the natural world.
Why is gold considered valuable, even today?
Gold -- who doesn't want some?
Fossil Friday: this ancient bottom feeder could have ‘invented’ modern sight
If you like seeing defined shapes, you should thank this little fellow.
Greenland’s ice sheet is poised to melt forever — we have 600 years to stop it
Sounds like a long time, but we have our work cut out for ourselves.
Should you put your money and your head down on a bamboo pillow?
Pillows play an important role in our day to day lives -- but we often don't give them too much...
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!