Canada needs much higher carbon tax to meet climate target: study

Canada’s projected carbon tax must be more than quadrupled over the next 10 years to meet…

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 27 November 2019

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 27 November 2019 Click here for…

European Space Agency seeks funding boost from member states

The European Space Agency is asking its 22 member states for more money to be able…

Invasive species set to exploit climate change in Antarctica

In the tiny part of Antarctica where the snow melts in springtime, mosses, lichens and grasses…

Slovakia bans single-use plastics from 2021

Slovakia banned single-use plastics as of 2021 on Wednesday, joining the European Union fight to reduce…

Ostrich eggshell beads reveal 10,000 years of cultural interaction across Africa

Researchers present an expanded analysis of African ostrich eggshell beads, testing the hypothesis that larger beads…

Humans co-evolved with immune-related diseases — and it's still happening

Some of the same mutations allowing humans to fend off deadly infections also make us more…

Laboratory-evolved bacteria switch to consuming CO2 for growth

Over the course of several months, researchers created Escherichia coli strains that consume CO2 for energy…

Inbreeding and population/demographic shifts could have led to Neanderthal extinction

Small populations, inbreeding, and random demographic fluctuations could have been enough to cause Neanderthal extinction, according…

Researchers study chickens, ostriches, penguins to learn how flight feathers evolved

If you took a careful look at the feathers on a chicken, you’d find many different…