Plastic containers can contain PFAS — and it's getting into food

Researchers are adding to their list of consumer products that contain PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances),…

The colors on these ancient pots hint at the power of an empire

Comparing the colors on pieces of ancient Peruvian pottery revealed that potters across the Wari empire…

Does current shellfish anti-predator gear curb 'crunching' rays?

It’s not just humans who enjoy eating shellfish, so do marine rays. They like to ‘crunch’…

How does the immune system react to altered gravity?

Space travel has always tested the human body by the effects of the new conditions of…

Flat, pancake-sized metalens images lunar surface in an engineering first

Astronomers and amateurs alike know the bigger the telescope, the more powerful the imaging capability. To…

Elegantly modeling Earth's abrupt glacial transitions

Milutin Milankovitch hypothesized that the timing of glacial transitions has been controlled by the orbital parameters…

How heavy alcohol consumption increases brain inflammation

Recent findings point toward a potential new drug target for treating alcohol use disorder. …

Pioneering study shows flood risks can still be considerably reduced if all global promises to cut carbon emissions are kept

Annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could increase by more than a fifth over…

Study into global daily air pollution shows almost nowhere on Earth is safe

In a new study of daily ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) across the globe, a new…

An internal thermometer tells the seeds when to germinate

Germination is a crucial stage in the life of a plant as it will leave the…