Risk of viruses emerging in humans may not depend on their animal host

The likelihood of emerging viruses spreading to humans from animals may not depend on the specific…

Climate change and the collapse of Angkor Wat

Built using a thousand elephants and 300,000 laborers, the opulent temple city of Angkor has been…

Air quality improves by up to 40% in cities that took action on COVID-19, researcher finds

Cities that declared a state of emergency in February due to outbreaks of COVID-19 saw air…

Researchers develop synthetic scaffolds to heal injured tendons and ligaments

Australia’s love of sport means it has one of the highest rates of knee anterior cruciate…

Checkpoint: OSIRIS-REx Practices Sample Collection

This image shows sample site Nightingale Crater, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site on asteroid Bennu. …

Pandemic offers pause, not end, to globalization

It’ll take more than a pandemic to stop the march of globalization. In fact, it might…

Cleaner air with geothermal energy

The use of dirty coal as a heat source makes life tough in the Mongolian winter.…

Nanostructures could safely deliver a notoriously fragile drug to coronavirus

Researchers are developing new peptide-based therapeutics for targeting and disabling the coronavirus’ so-called “spike proteins.” …

South Dakota pork plant closure will reduce nation's meat supply, impact entire supply chain

Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, one of the country’s largest pork producers, announced Sunday, April 12 that it…

Why climate scientists are watching the world's response to coronavirus

Spread of the coronavirus has halted critical field studies related to climate change, and many researchers…