Appearance of male and female cycad on Isle of Wight an indicator of global warming

Several representatives of the Ventnor Botanic Garden (VBG) have spoken with the press recently about the…

Could serenading mosquitoes help stop the spread of malaria?

That annoying buzz we all recognise from summer evenings is actually a love song for a…

Amazon fires explained: what are they, why are they so damaging, and how can we stop them?

Imagine a rainforest at dawn—the tall canopy laden with dripping ferns and orchids, tree trunks covered…

How we can keep our planet cool even as A/C use rises

On June 28, 2019, record temperatures were recorded in the French department of le Gard, rising…

It's not just Brazil's Amazon rainforest that's ablaze – Bolivian fires are threatening people and wildlife

Up to 800,000 hectares of the unique Chiquitano forest were burned to the ground in Bolivia…

New scientific model can predict moral and political development

How come today’s conservatives are more liberal than yesterday’s liberals? Why has public opinion in large…

How we discovered UK shale gas reserves are at least 80% smaller than thought

Over the past decade, the UK has tentatively begun to exploit its reserves of shale gas…

From crystals to glasses: a new unified theory for heat transport

Theoretical physicists from SISSA and the University of California at Davis have developed a new approach…

Filter-feeding pterosaurs were the flamingos of the Late Jurassic

Modern flamingoes employ filter feeding and their feces is, as a result, rich in remains of…

A toxic truth: lead exposure problems linger in soil, air

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan—which began in 2014 but to this day has not been…