The recent increase in emissions from fossil fuel burning did slow down, but huge cuts are needed to avoid dangerous warming | Continue reading
The “Ready, Set, PrEP” program will provide donated drugs that could protect up to 200,000 people a year for 11 years | Continue reading
Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is all the rage lately. Is it real? Is there something special about people who have it? | Continue reading
Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is all the rage lately. Is it real? Is there something special about people who have it? | Continue reading
Gravitational-wave astronomers are probing the origins of abnormally massive black holes—and with them, the inner workings of their colossal galactic homes | Continue reading
The fiberoptic cables that connect the global internet could potentially be used as seismic sensors. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Everyday Einstein interviews exoplanetary scientist Moiya McTier to learn about the process and why we can trust scientific papers | Continue reading
Draining meltwater could lubricate the base of the ice, speeding its flow and hastening sea level rise | Continue reading
After a string of drug failures, researchers are looking beyond amyloid as a target | Continue reading
Judgments about the way people talk happen quickly and affect hiring decisions | Continue reading
Judgments about the way people talk happen quickly and affect hiring decisions | Continue reading
The housing governing groups can play a powerful role in encouraging environmentally friendly lawns | Continue reading
A few brief reports about international science and technology from Mexico to Tanzania, including one about the need to quarantine bananas in Colombia potentially infected by a fungus. | Continue reading
Fire tornadoes are terrifying forces of nature. They're rare, but as wildfires become bigger and more frequent, they may grow more common. Read more about the phenomena, here . | Continue reading
Europe’s space agency is set to receive 45% more money than in the previous three-year budget | Continue reading
Negotiators need to iron out rules on carbon trading and compensation for climate-related damage | Continue reading
Four health care workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were killed in two attacks last week, and six others were injured | Continue reading
Computers can tell what will matter (slightly) better than humans can | Continue reading
The sense of position and movement is often called the sixth sense; the brain’s connection to the immune system might be a seventh. In this eBook, we examine these and other areas of brain activity beyond the five senses, including the glymphatic system for maintaining brai … | Continue reading
AI may equal human intelligence without matching the true nature of our experiences | Continue reading
Ground penetrating radar can detect tiny density differences that lead to images of ancient footprints impossible to discern by eye. | Continue reading
High water and 12-foot waves are eroding shorelines on Lake Michigan | Continue reading
Sensors have captured more than 40 events | Continue reading
The MineRL competition encourages coders to devise programs that learn by example | Continue reading
The process could lead to the creation of tougher, more biocompatible electronic devices | Continue reading
The question of whether CO 2 gives forests a boost or heat stresses them may depend on how quickly temperatures rise | Continue reading
Mysteries of the primordial universe; the unsung scientists of DNA; Galileo on trial | Continue reading
A mix of silkworms’ proteins acts as a scaffold for 3-D-printed tissues and organs | Continue reading
Although not practical in many areas, the approach reveals clues to how the immune system battles the infection | Continue reading
A new Government Accountability Office report finds little progress has been made in reducing the nation’s vulnerability to climate change | Continue reading
Former Enron employee John Arnold and his wife Laura have financed much of the Democrats’ efforts to cut prescription drug costs | Continue reading
NASA has a list of every item astronauts left behind | Continue reading
Researchers grapple with the meaning of the first objects entering our solar system from beyond | Continue reading
Scientists are finally approaching a consensus on the decades-old question | Continue reading
Without deep, fast cuts to greenhouse gases, global temperatures will shatter a 2-degree Celsius threshold a dire new U.N. report says | Continue reading
Three scientists discuss the plant science and history of bitters—and share a Thanksgiving cocktail | Continue reading
Residents near renovation sites claim noxious emissions from pipe inserts are making them sick | Continue reading
Brookline, Mass., recently became the first New England town to ban natural gas hookups in new construction | Continue reading
Ancient dust on nearby islands hides secrets of the desert’s origins | Continue reading
Indigenous artists in what’s now British Columbia created pigments by cooking aquatic bacteria. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Astronomers say they have detected the long-sought remnant of a relatively close supernova | Continue reading
Residents near renovation sites claim noxious emissions from pipe inserts are making them sick | Continue reading
Recycled wastewater can be cleaner than bottled water, but people still avoid drinking it because of their disgust over its past condition. | Continue reading
Meteorologists say international standards for wireless technology could degrade crucial satellite measurements of water vapor | Continue reading
As governments discuss how to keep warming below 2 degree Celsius, they continue to plan for coal, oil and natural gas production | Continue reading
Seeking a sustainable economy, the country wants to capitalize on its astonishing biodiversity | Continue reading