Toxic storms blamed on climate change cloud Tajikistan

The air was dry and warm and the skies over Dushanbe were gray without a hint…

Is planting trees to combat climate change 'complete nonsense'?

Bill Gates is emphatic: “I don’t plant trees,” he declared recently, wading into a debate about…

Stone Age herders transported heavy rock tools to grind animal bones, plants and pigment

About 7,000 years ago, a small group of people sat around a fire, next to a…

Female animals teach each other to choose unusual males—new research

My friend recently changed their favorite celebrity crush from Anna Kendrick to Lily James. While some…

Free-space nanoprinting beyond optical limits to create 4D functional structures

Two-photon polymerization is a potential method for nanofabrication to integrate nanomaterials based on femtosecond laser-based methods.…

Saturday Citations: Hippo maxillofacial issues; implicit biases in the game of kings; AI masters Street Fighter

They announced the Nobel prizes this week! But did any of the recipients teach an AI…

AI of the tiger: Tiny camera 'protects' predator—and people

Tiger populations are on the rise in the jungles of India and Nepal and the predators…

Scientists build a spatial atlas of the chloroplast proteome, the home of photosynthesis

Plants and algae convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. This process is vital for…

Deforestation down in Brazil's Amazon

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 59 percent in September compared to the same month…

RIP Stoneman Willie: US mummy to be buried after 128 years

After more than a century living with a macabre mystery, the US town of Reading, Pennsylvania…