Wolf spiders may turn to cannibalism in a warming Arctic

Wolf spiders in a warming Arctic are getting bigger, reproducing more and eating different foods. Including…

New method for measuring RNAi pesticide in soil

A new generation of gene-silencing “RNAi pesticides” are making their way through the regulatory system and…

Climate change: More than 3bn could live in extreme heat by 2070

Areas such as India, Australia and Africa are predicted to be among the worst affected. …

Economic woes create more marital disagreements

Married couples argue with each other more about finances and other household matters as they cope…

Archaeology offers clues to pandemic rebounds from the past

As the COVID-19 pandemic redefines what we think of as “normal,” archaeology and ancient history can…

Obesity prevented in mice treated with gene-disabling nanoparticles

Disabling a gene in specific mouse cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.…

Mapping methane emissions on a global scale

An important new tool to combat climate change is now available. Using data from the Copernicus…

'Murder hornets' add bite to bee population worries

“Murder hornets’ have entered the North American landscape and lexicon with horror-film imagery. Click…

How speech recognition techniques are helping to predict volcanoes' behaviour

Dr. Luciano Zuccarello grew up in the shadow of Mount Etna, an active volcano on the…

Will our clean air last after COVID-19? Study says it's possible

Since millions of Californians began staying at home and off the roads in March, air quality…