Some scientists have suggested we need to protect half of Earth's surface to preserve most of…
Month: August 2018
Sicilian amber in western Europe pre-dates arrival of Baltic amber by at least 2,000 years
Amber and other unusual materials such as jade, obsidian and rock crystal have attracted interest as…
Improving soil quality can slow global warming
Low-tech ways of improving soil quality on farms and rangelands worldwide could pull significant amounts of…
New Zealand penguins make mammoth migrations, traveling thousands of kilometers to feed
Fiordland penguins, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, known as Tawaki, migrate up to 2,500 km from their breeding site,…
Mathematics can assist cities in addressing unstructured neighborhoods
New mathematical models developed by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory with collaborators at…
Global fisheries could still become more profitable despite global warming
Global commercial fish stocks could provide more food and profits in the future, despite warming seas,…
Researchers achieve first ever acceleration of electrons in a proton-driven plasma wave
Early in the morning on Saturday, 26 May 2018, the AWAKE collaboration at CERN successfully accelerated…
Memory chip maker Micron announces $3B expansion in Manassas
One of the world's largest semiconductor companies is making a $3 billion investment in northern Virginia…
Not so fast: From shrews to elephants, animal reflexes surprisingly slow
While speediness is a priority for any animal trying to escape a predator or avoid a…
Star Gosling took flying lessons for new astronaut film
Hollywood star Ryan Gosling said Wednesday that he tried to learn to fly to play astronaut…