'Managed retreat' can reinvent cities while protecting lives against climate change effects

June’s record-breaking heat wave left more than 40 million Americans sweltering in temperatures over 100 degrees…

Using satellite data to warn people about volcanic eruptions

A team of researchers from the University of Manchester, Wairakei Research Center and National Isotope Center,…

New research into the spreading of infections reveals need for greater collaboration between biology and physics

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, together with epidemiologist Lone Simonsen from Roskilde…

Contact with sperm donors arouses many emotions in adult offspring

Sweden was the first country in the world to introduce open-identity sperm donation, whereby adult children…

When tipping and smiling are expected at work, so is sexual harassment

Workers in the service industry are often pressured by their employers to give friendly “service with…

MIR-SAT1 CubeSat Expected to Deploy from the ISS on June 22

MIR-SAT1 (Mauritius Imagery and Radiotelecommunication Satellite 1), the first amateur radio CubeSat from the Indian Ocean…

Geochemical study confirms cause of end-Permian mass extinction event

The most severe mass extinction event in the past 540 million years eliminated more than 90…

K9JM to transmit CW and Digital Versions of 2021 W1AW Field Day Bulletin

West Coast ARRL Qualifying Run station K9JM will transmit the CW and digital versions of the…

New geochemical study confirms cause of end-Permian mass extinction event

Researchers found a direct link between global dispersion of nickel-rich aerosols, ocean chemistry changes and the…

New possibilities for detecting Hawking radiation emitted by primordial black holes

While many physicists have predicted the existence of dark matter, a type of matter that does…