Moon, a doomed humpback whale with a broken spine, travels 3,000 miles doing breaststroke

In “considerable pain,” a determined humpback whale tracked by researchers for more than a decade, recently…

Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau freeze later and melt earlier under changing climate, shows study

Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau show a trend of later freezing-up, earlier breaking-up and thus shorten…

Recent storms give drought-weary California cause for hope, but will they continue?

Winter storms that doused California with much-needed rain and snow over the last week have managed…

Studying spinning-induced scattering of sound to create next-generation acoustic devices using new phonon modes

Interactions between a spinning object and soundwaves could help develop high-precision tools, such as tweezers that…

Latest international water satellite packs an engineering punch

Meet the scientific heart of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission, which will see Earth’s…

Mobile phone bans in school do not work, researcher finds

Since the first of August 2022, using mobile phones for non-educational purposes is forbidden in the…

Using machine learning to improve the toxicity assessment of chemicals

Researchers of the University of Amsterdam, together with colleagues at the University of Queensland and the…

Study examines feeding damage caused by spotted lanternflies on young maples

Short-term, heavy feeding by adult spotted lanternflies on young maple trees inhibits photosynthesis, potentially impairing the…

Starving seabirds on Alaska coast show climate change peril

Dead and dying seabirds collected on the coasts of the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas…

Study highlights potential for populist leaders to undermine democracy

When it comes to presidential elections, are voters conscientiously endorsing populist beliefs? Or are they supporting…