Animals Endangered species need to wait 12 years on average for federal protection, six times more than mandated August 25, 2016 - Updated on August 26, 2016
News Proxima B is probably the closest planet to Earth we’ll ever find, and it might be habitable too August 25, 2016 - Updated on August 26, 2016
Archaeology An Israeli power plant worker might have found a hand grenade that the Crusaders used August 25, 2016
Climate Letter signed by 154 Australian experts calls for the Land Down Under to step up its game August 25, 2016
News Transportation takes lion share of carbon emissions in U.S. after 40 years — both good and bad news August 25, 2016 - Updated on August 26, 2016
News New Chinese mass-market Electric Vehicles (EV) startup got $1 billion in funding August 25, 2016
Health Brain scans of Zika infected babies suggest the outbreak is worse than we thought August 24, 2016
Archaeology Spanish publisher wins rights to a manuscript no one can — but everyone is dying to — read August 24, 2016
Environmental Issues Moderately good news: our ecological footprint doesn’t grow as fast as our population August 24, 2016
Biology Dog fertility has gone down significantly, and we’re probably to blame August 23, 2016 - Updated on August 24, 2016
Animals Sea Shepherd will continue to disrupt Japanese whaling ships, despite the US ruling they shouldn’t August 23, 2016
Climate Antarctic ‘living sensors’ indicate global warming affecting ocean circulation August 23, 2016
News NASA re-establishes contact with the STEREO-B spacecraft after 22 months August 23, 2016 - Updated on June 11, 2023
Archaeology Archaeologists working in Kazakhstan uncover 3,000-year-old pyramid mausoleum August 22, 2016
Alien life ‘Goldilocks area’ not nearly enough for habitable planets – internal temperature is also important August 22, 2016
Electronics OpenAI will use Reddit and a new supercomputer to teach artificial intelligence how to speak August 19, 2016
Diseases Zika infection kills brain cells in the adult mouse brain — pandemic might be worse than thought August 18, 2016
Animals People are dumping goldfish into an Australian river and they’re growing huge — by destroying the ecosystem August 18, 2016 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Animals Fish urine keeps corals healthy, but we’re taking all the fish out of the water August 17, 2016
Mind & Brain Relying too much on the Internet for fact finding could hurt your brain August 17, 2016 - Updated on January 9, 2023
Chemistry Tiny nanotech device purifies water in less than half an hour using the sun August 17, 2016
Environment This app lets you buy leftover food from UK restaurants – and it’s really cheap August 17, 2016
Geology Oldest oceanic crust might have been part of the Tethys Ocean 340 million years ago August 17, 2016 - Updated on April 24, 2019
