Rethinking scenario logic for climate policy

Current scenarios used to inform climate policy have a weakness in that they typically focus on…

Actions to save coral reefs could benefit all ecosystems

Scientists say bolder actions to protect the world’s coral reefs will benefit all ecosystems, human livelihoods…

Six galaxies undergoing sudden, dramatic transitions

Astronomers observed six mild-mannered LINER galaxies suddenly and surprisingly transforming into ravenous quasars — home to…

Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can't save dull space psychodrama

Brad Pitt stars in thoughtful sci-fi Ad Astra, but even his strong performance can’t plug the…

Greenland's growing 'ice slabs' intensify meltwater runoff into ocean

Thick, impenetrable ice slabs are expanding rapidly on the interior of Greenland’s ice sheet, where the…

Actions to save coral reefs could benefit all ecosystems

Scientists say bolder actions to protect coral reefs from the effects of global warming will benefit…

Shifting the focus of climate-change strategies may benefit younger generations

Strategies to limit climate change that focus on warming in the next couple of decades would…

Wilderness areas halve extinction risk

The global conservation community has been urged to adopt a specific target to protect the world’s…

'Poor man's qubit' can solve quantum problems without going quantum

It may still be decades before quantum computers are ready to solve problems that today’s classical…

A stargazer's guide to the equinox and how Earth moves around the sun

As the September equinox falls, we begin a new astronomy series with all you need to…