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Capturing energy from clubbers could help power homes and buildings.
The simulation gave researchers some of the first concrete data linking climate change to human evolution and speciation.
Here’s how it works.
Two types of leaves for two different drastic weather conditions.
Volcanic activity caused the end-Triassic mass extinction 200 million years ago. The dinosaurs survived and rose to dominance.
A lucky discovery involving lithium-sulfur batteries has a legitimate chance to revolutionize how we power our world.
A floating platform the size of Rome collapsed off of Antarctica.
A radical redesign of commercial aircraft, called the flying-V plane, could increase fuel efficiency by 20%, greatly reducing emissions.
On Nov. 13, 1946, a scientist dropped crushed dry ice from a plane into supercooled stratus clouds.
From crocodiles to birds, certain animals managed to survive some of the worst extinction events in world history.
Discussions of human evolution are usually backward looking, as if the greatest triumphs and challenges were in the distant past.
The world’s great whales aren’t just vulnerable where they congregate, but everywhere they roam.
Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury "only" reaches 800 °F at its hottest. Venus is always hotter, even at night.
The natural wonders of Mauritius include the spectacular sight of an underwater waterfall. Here's the science of how it works.
Lake Baikal holds nearly one-fourth of Earth's fresh surface water and is the most scientifically interesting lake on our planet.
Why power generated through nuclear fusion will be the future, but not the present, solution to humanity's energy needs.
Letting nature's expert engineers lead the way.
Impressive but deadly physics underlie catastrophic eruptions.
Every power source involves trade-offs. Given the challenges of increasing demand and climate change, what is the future of energy?
With around 5,000 summertime residents, increased tourism, and a warming planet, it is becoming difficult to protect Antarctica from invasion.
For consumers of festive beverages, the news is bad: this holiday season, Guinness may not be on tap and glass for bottling wine is scarce. Climate disasters, like British Columbia’s floods, have further weakened already […]
We don't know with 100% certainty where SARS-CoV-2 first came from or how it first infected humans. But not all options are equally likely.
Driving Teslas and planting trees are nice, but methane reduction, industrial efficiency, carbon removal, and a moderate carbon tax are the most efficient ways to fight climate change.
Society incorrectly blamed a "population bomb” for problems that had other causes. A wrong diagnosis produces ineffective solutions.
With sea levels rising, the Dutch are pondering floating cities — while also exporting their engineering know-how to turn a tidy profit.
“To be ignorant of causes is to be frustrated in action.” So wrote Francis Bacon, counsel to Queen Elizabeth I of England and key architect of the scientific method. In […]
Pando, which is Latin for "I spread," is a single organism spanning some 106 acres.
Most “irrecoverable carbon” is concentrated in these tiny bits of the Earth’s land mass. Can we keep it there?
No matter how controversial or politicized our world becomes, science remains humanity's best tool for figuring out how things work.