‘Half-Earth’ conservation schemes would affect over a billion people
We should do more with less. Nature needs it.
New, free app modifies antibiotics to work against drug-resistant infections
"There's an app for that" has never been more relevant.
Leaf blowers are not only annoying but also bad for you (and the environment)
It comes down to the inefficient engines they use.
Protesters in Chile bring down police drones using simple laser pointers. Lots and lots of laser pointers
In Chile, protesters are using lasers en masse to bring down hapless police drones. https://gph.is/g/E0lDMQ5 Videos of Chilean protesters bringing...
Mars 2020 rover will go digging for fossils — on Mars
Fingers crossed.
Cryptocurrency mining comes at a great health and environmental cost
It takes money to make digital money.
Fluffy dinosaurs used to live at the South Pole, this treasure trove of fossil feathers suggests
A treasure trove of fossilized dinosaur and bird feathers has been recovered in Australia. In ages long past, however, these...
Freedom and democracy have been falling worldwide for the last 13 years
While we're still in a good place, we've been steadily going under.
Wasps are effective pest controls, a new study shows
I know you hate them, but hear us out.
Electronic cigarettes aren’t good for you — in some respects, they’re worse than traditional cigarettes
They might be viewed as a healthier alternative, but they're not.
Copper-lined hospital beds harbor up to 95% less bacteria, can help save patient lives
Plus, they'd also look cool.
Roughly 98% of plastic waste in the ocean dissolves due to sunlight
This is not good news.
The best fossils may need oxygen — just a little — to form
Oxygen, in the right place at the right time, makes for spectacular fossils.
Researchers teach AI to design, say it did ‘quite good’ but won’t steal your job (yet)
The AI is "learning how people solve a specific type of problem and creating new design solutions from scratch."
Over 800 mammoth bones discovered in massive fossil stash in Mexico
This might be the earliest example of a mammoth trap.
Sea level rise by 2300 is unavoidable, despite the Paris agreement
Ice takes a while to melt -- but melt it will, a new paper reports.
We learn best when we fail around 15% of the time
We like it easy... but not too easy.
