A serious bird flu infection in Canada, a troubling projection of future plastic waste and dispatches from a global climate convention. | Continue reading
Four counties in Florida that voted for Trump also voted to conserve open space, reduce flood damage and protect habitat | Continue reading
In 1974 we beamed a radio transmission into space that changed the way we think about our place in the cosmos | Continue reading
Anglerfish have invisible fangs, narwhal tusks are extra-long canines, and more facts from the weird and wonderful study of teeth will astound you | Continue reading
A genetic mutation makes some cats’ tail curl over their back, giving them something akin to an accent when they communicate with other kitties | Continue reading
The Chandra X-ray Observatory is facing closure. Shutting it down would be a loss to science as a whole | Continue reading
Finding a perfect sphere is actually pretty difficult | Continue reading
On the 50th anniversary of the “Arecibo message,” we present a reflection on humankind’s first attempt to send a transmission to intelligent life in the cosmos. | Continue reading
Federal health scientists voice concern over an anticipated takeover by medical skeptics in Trump’s second administration | Continue reading
Wastewater in several Californian cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, recently tested positive for bird flu. But understanding disease risk and exposure to humans isn’t so straightforward | Continue reading
Visual artist Anna Von Mertens looks to astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt and her vision of the universe for inspiration | Continue reading
Generative AI could saddle the planet with heaps more hazardous waste | Continue reading
Thawing ice, from the high peaks to the poles, is producing extraordinarily expensive floods, infrastructure damage and losses to tourism and fishing | Continue reading
Examining body camera videos at scale reveals racial differences in how police treat drivers during traffic stops—and what corrective programs really work | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security and its disaster agency has said people aren’t driving temperature increases and declined to accept federal climate money for disaster preparedness as governor of South Dakota | Continue reading
The multiverse offers no escape from our reality—which might be a very good thing | Continue reading
Damage to your environment can bring a profound sense of loss; that feeling, called solastalgia, can also provide inspiration | Continue reading
Expertise bulks up the brain’s ability to think deeply, a skill that may generalize across tasks | Continue reading
Antimicrobial resistance could claim 39 million lives by 2050, yet the pipeline for new antibiotics is drying up. U.S. policy makers can help fix it | Continue reading
Violins, the ink on the Declaration of Independence and other ways that insects shaped human history | Continue reading
Today’s cannabis plant is highly cultivated and incredibly potent. Treating it like a commodity, and not a testable, regulated medicine, is hurting people | Continue reading
A fee created to push oil and gas companies to plug methane leaks could be axed by the incoming Trump administration, hampering efforts to curb the potent greenhouse gas | Continue reading
Jonny Kim—a former Navy SEAL and ER doctor—is now a NASA astronaut who will soon launch to the International Space Station as flight engineer for the crew of Expedition 72/73 | Continue reading
The unexpected discovery of a geometric phase shows how math and physics are tightly intertwined | Continue reading
A Biden administration proposal that would require employers to provide cooling measures under extreme heat conditions may be scuttled by the incoming Trump administration | Continue reading
The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances | Continue reading
Droughts in 48 of 50 U.S. states, evidence of microplastics mucking up wastewater recycling and the science of a baseball mud bath in this week’s news roundup. | Continue reading
Two years of experimentation taught a Nashville guitarist not every musical myth makes sense | Continue reading
The new president-elect can go beyond just pulling out of the Paris Agreement. But it may be more difficult to roll back clean energy policies | Continue reading
Outside groups often offer their solutions for climate adaptation in Africa. But the best people to manage the climate crisis are the people in those communities themselves. For climate adaptation to succeed in Africa, let communities and local leaders show the way | Continue reading
The Martian new year arrives with the Red Planet’s vernal equinox. Explaining why requires a deep dive into celestial mechanics and Earth’s calendrical history | Continue reading
Focusing on size in health care might be doing more harm than good. | Continue reading
A mysterious electromagnetic mechanism may be more important than the firing of neurons in our brains to explain our awareness | Continue reading
The new Trump administration is likely to reduce subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance plans and roll back Medicaid coverage. Public health authorities worry that antivaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will be empowered | Continue reading
A few dozen ChatGPT queries cost a bottle’s worth of water. Tech firms should consider simpler solutions, like harvesting rainwater, to meet AI’s needs | Continue reading
Is your kid in trouble? Blaming their friends is ill advised | Continue reading
It is difficult to disentangle Russian and Chinese scientists from international science cooperation. That is a good thing | Continue reading
This year won’t just be the hottest on record—it could be the first to surpass the 1.5-degree-Celsius threshold laid out in the Paris climate accord | Continue reading
Understanding the psychology of ambiguous loss can help people struggling with grief and depression in the wake of the 2024 election results | Continue reading
President-elect Trump vowed to promote fossil fuels, weaken pollution regulations and reverse Biden administration climate efforts | Continue reading
“Going viral” appears to be more than just a catchphrase when it comes to the rampant spread of misinformation | Continue reading
In medieval times, astrology was considered a serious science, a branch of astronomy. Curator Larisa Grollemond of the Getty Museum, walks us through the medieval zodiac and how someone’s sign decided their day-to-day life. | Continue reading
Several downballot races in the 2024 presidential election will carry implications for climate policy far beyond state lines | Continue reading
Culture may play a role in how birds build collectively in the Kalahari Desert | Continue reading
Famous people who die at 27, such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse, get even more famous because of the mythology surrounding that number—a look at how modern folklore emerges | Continue reading
Thousands of homes in Navajo and other tribal lands don’t have access to electricity. A $200-million federal funding effort aims to fix that problem with solar power and other clean energy | Continue reading
What was once fair under the law may become unfair when science changes. The law must react to uphold due process | Continue reading
The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election could set the climate agenda, reshape public education and shift the dynamics of global science collaboration. | Continue reading