Environment What if we kept the air as clean as it was in lockdown? Here’s what we’d have to gain December 28, 2020
Animals In Poznan, Poland, eight clams get to decide if people in the city get water or not December 28, 2020 - Updated on May 6, 2023
Animals Spiritual customs in Colombia led to the rediscovery of a toad species after 30 years December 26, 2020
Anthropology Full genome of a human (and her oral microbes) recovered from Stone Age chewing gum December 25, 2020 - Updated on July 29, 2023
Climate Cooking actually accounts for a lot of our emissions. Here’s how that could be improved December 25, 2020
Biology Novel anti-malaria drug can flush the parasite out of hiding with a single pill December 25, 2020
Environment Remember Chernobyl? A new waterway could bring nuclear runoff back to the surface December 24, 2020
Science Could this be the oldest galaxy in the universe? December 23, 2020 - Updated on December 24, 2020
Environment Over half of the tidal marshes on the Hudson River were created accidentally — that could be a good thing December 23, 2020
Animals Musical hips: Doctors literally hear music while checking a patient’s pulse December 22, 2020
Animals Diamondback terrapin threatened by traffickers, new report notes December 22, 2020 - Updated on October 5, 2023
News Amateur astronomer discovered a new sungrazing comet during last week’s eclipse December 22, 2020
Science Upheaval at Google signals pushback against biased algorithms and unaccountable AI December 22, 2020
Environment Rivers can change colors as time passes, and this is linked to ecosystem health December 22, 2020
Health Groundbreaking treatment could cure dwarfism in children, but there are some risks December 22, 2020 - Updated on December 25, 2020
News We probably aren’t the first civilization in the Milky Way. It’s just that the others are dead December 21, 2020
Environment Giant iceberg A-68a scrapes seafloor and breaks into two. Its current trajectory is unknown December 21, 2020
Health Blood pressure drug also improves alcohol withdrawal symptoms December 21, 2020 - Updated on April 9, 2024
Discoveries Poverty line shmoverty line: Backed by AI, researchers want a new way to measure poverty December 18, 2020
Climate Wildfire smoke can carry microbes that cause infectious diseases, researchers find December 18, 2020
News NASA says a gargantuan supermassive black hole is somehow missing December 18, 2020 - Updated on June 11, 2023
Fossil Friday Fossil Friday: Adalatherium, the largest mammal to run with the dinosaurs December 18, 2020
Animals Breathtaking underwater photographs document the hidden lives of humpback whales December 18, 2020
Environment No-meat diets won’t fix the climate — too many poor countries can’t adopt them December 17, 2020
Climate Scientists report unusual seismic activity in Antarctica: over 30,000 tremors December 17, 2020
Climate New projections warn that Greenland’s ice sheet will see 60% more melt than we’ve estimated December 17, 2020
