How Arctic ice melt raises the risk of far-away wildfires

As millions of people in New York and other major North American cities choke on acrid…

Thousands of dead fish washed up on this Texas beach. What happened?

Thousands of dead fish were found laying on beaches in Quintana Beach County Park early Friday,…

PFAS, PFAS everywhere: How pristine are laboratory materials?

How do you study the effects of exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), when it…

Human-caused climate change to blame for increase in California's wildfires, says study

In the quarter century between 1996 and 2020, wildfires in California consumed five times more area…

What does narcissism have to do with ecology?

A group of researchers from the Nicolaus Copernicus University, the SWPS University in Warsaw, and the…

Researchers develop novel technique for in-situ detection of gas-phase active intermediates in photocatalysis

Prof. Pan Yang and Associate Researcher Liu Chengyuan, researchers from the University of Science and Technology…

An experience or a product: Which new purchase is more likely to elicit envy in other consumers?

Imagine browsing through your social media feed and finding out about two purchases made by your…

Origin and geographic evolution of cycads clarified

Paleobotanist Mario Coiro of the Institute of Paleontology at the University of Vienna and colleagues at…

Study shows how microplastics stick around in human airways

Research shows humans might inhale about 16.2 bits of microplastic every hour, which is equivalent to…

A rare glimpse of our first ancestors in mainland Southeast Asia

What connects a fossil found in a cave in northern Laos with stone tools made in…