Growing global population: Research into food production lacks a holistic perspective

Meeting one of the great challenges of our time—providing a growing global population with food—requires research…

Researchers create novel platform to standardize paleoclimatology data

Sometimes the most unrelated things can produce the most innovative results. Take, for instance, aikido—a Japanese…

Holocaust archaeology: Uncovering vital evidence to prove the deniers wrong

It’s now 75 years since Soviet troops liberated the notorious death camp at Auschwitz and the…

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #883 24 January 2020 (Space Life Science Research Results)

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #883 24 January 2020 (Space Life Science Research Results) …

NASA's Kepler Witnesses Vampire Star System Undergoing Super-Outburst

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft was designed to find exoplanets by looking for stars that dim as a…

An S.O.S. for Australian wildlife

Almost 30 people have died and thousands of homes have burned as wildfires have rampaged through…

Four graphs that suggest we can't blame climate change on solar activity

The past decade (2010-2019) was the hottest on record and five of the top 10 warmest…

Public database of mine tailings storage facilities launched to prevent dam failures

Environmental organization GRID-Arendal with support from the UN Environment Program has launched the world’s first publicly…

Polygraph lie detector tests: Can they really stop criminals reoffending?

The UK government recently announced it was planning to increase the use of polygraphs to monitor…

What we learn from a fish that can change sex in just 10 days

The bluehead wrasse is a fish that lives in small social groups in coral reefs in…