Eating less beef, cheese and ice cream would slash emissions, but removing cattle from our agricultural system isn’t easy | Continue reading
We can account for the evolution of consciousness only if we crack the philosophy, as well as the physics, of the brain | Continue reading
Evolutionary biology offers warnings, and tips, for surviving the advent of artificial intelligence | Continue reading
Standard English names for North American birds will now focus on the animals rather than people | Continue reading
A U.S. push for voluntary payments in high-stakes negotiations over a global fund for climate disasters has raised tensions ahead of the upcoming COP28 climate summit | Continue reading
As companies join the hunt, can the field of mind-altering synthetic substances stay true to its original pioneering spirit of wonder, curiosity and connection? | Continue reading
Some of the tens of thousands of suicide deaths in the U.S. each year would not have happened if people in the community had been schooled to provide advice about gun safety | Continue reading
Rigorous standards are required to scale hydrogen as a clean energy solution; otherwise, it will be a costly, polluting diversion | Continue reading
The goofy-looking elephantnose fish “sees” its environment in three dimensions by creating a weak electric field and doing a little shimmy | Continue reading
Skirmishes at the U.K.’s AI Safety Summit expose tensions over how to regulate AI technology | Continue reading
Climate scientists, including pioneer James Hansen, are pinning down a fundamental factor that drives how hot Earth will get | Continue reading
Scientists have finally figured out how to make heads or tails of starfish | Continue reading
NASA’s Lucy mission flew past an asteroid nicknamed Dinky, only to discover an even smaller space rock orbiting it | Continue reading
A preserved river landscape from the time before Antarctica was icebound persists more than a mile below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet | Continue reading
It’s not just nukes: the power at the heart of the Godzilla franchise is our awareness of the global consequences of human folly | Continue reading
A growing arsenal of genetically tailored oncology treatments have spectacular results, but scope and access remain limited | Continue reading
The James Webb Space Telescope is gazing across the universe to find galaxies close to the “cosmic dawn”—and you can explore them from the palm of your hand | Continue reading
Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive an M.D., earned while the Civil War raged, and the first Black person in the country to write a medical book, a popular guide with a preventive approach | Continue reading
Experiments visualize a rodent’s ability to imagine the future | Continue reading
Fine particles kicked up by the Chicxulub asteroid impact could have blocked out the Sun for years, resulting in global cooling and disastrous consequences for ecosystems | Continue reading
Rich nations haven’t met their promises to provide aid to developing countries to adapt to climate extremes, the U.N. says in a new report | Continue reading
An impact with a protoplanet called Theia 4.5 billion years ago seems to have left remnants deep inside Earth | Continue reading
A deep-sea expedition discovers a strange, dark world of strawberry squid and ratfish in cold-water corals near the Galápagos Islands | Continue reading
A deep-sea expedition discovers a strange, dark world of strawberry squid and ratfish in cold-water corals near the Galápagos Islands | Continue reading
From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are displaying some fascinating—and sometimes terrifying—behaviors | Continue reading
Every happy country is not alike | Continue reading
Graphics reveal the intricate math behind ranked choice voting and how to design the best electoral system, sometimes with bizarre outcomes | Continue reading
A machine-learning model helps identify and measure the prevailing buzz about peace in the news cycle | Continue reading
A FEMA advisory council says a program that allows developers to elevate homes on fill dirt is environmentally harmful and can increase flood risks for nearby homes | Continue reading
The first fish came to the Great Lakes after glacial retreat created them thousands of years ago. Now those fish are on the move again. | Continue reading
Mayan eclipses; birds sense cholera | Continue reading
Fresh investigations find that the Red Planet’s liquid-metal core is smaller than scientists thought | Continue reading
Laxative misuse is cropping up in wellness and weight-loss social media communities— and some experts are concerned about its close ties to eating disorders | Continue reading
Inequality ensures that feared financial losses moving away from fossil fuels will fall most heavily on the wealthy, and not on the poor and middle class | Continue reading
NASA’s Lucy mission is starting its science studies way ahead of schedule | Continue reading
Cardiologists forecast greater heart attack risks as winter and summer temperatures become more extreme | Continue reading
More than half of our diet is foods that have been industrially processed in some way, and it may be harmful to our health | Continue reading
A new executive order signed this week sets the stage for federal AI standards and requirements and moves beyond previous voluntary agreements with AI companies | Continue reading
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to fight biodiversity loss by analysing vast amounts of data, monitoring ecosystems and spotting trends over time | Continue reading
The number of fatal heart attacks, strokes and arrhythmias could triple for older and Black adults as extreme heat increases with global warming | Continue reading
Deception researchers investigate under what circumstances we are liable to let loose a whopper | Continue reading
Warming waters pose a danger to Atlantic salmon. A new effort aims to lower the temperature in waterways used by the fish to spawn | Continue reading
Under the right conditions, the spadefoot tadpole will transform into a voracious predator of its own species. | Continue reading
From Gilgamesh to Star Wars, the narrative blueprint underpinning many heroic tales can offer a powerful way to reframe experiences | Continue reading
Increasing NASA’s budget would ease pressure and allow it to dream even bigger | Continue reading
Several unexplained measurements are threatening to upend scientists’ understanding of the universe’s origin and fate | Continue reading
Millions more people in the U.S. may be required to buy flood insurance based on the recommendation of an expert panel at a time when climate-driven floods are becoming increasingly common | Continue reading
Lions, tigers, bears: this creature sends all of those beasts running for the hills. | Continue reading