Spaced out: Champagne growers scrap 100-year vine-distancing rule

Wine growers in the Champagne region, home to the world’s most exclusive bubbly, on Thursday scrapped…

World pledges $4B in push to repair COVID's education damage

International governments and companies have pledged more than $4 billion to educate 175 million children around…

Forgotten oil and gas wells linger, leaking toxic chemicals

Rusted pipes litter the sandy fields of Ashley Williams Watt’s cattle ranch in windswept West Texas.…

The price of pests: Australia's $390 billion invasive species bill

In just the last 60 years alone, deliberately or accidentally introduced invasive species have cost the…

Ground system for NASA's Roman Space Telescope moves into development

When it launches in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will revolutionize astronomy by…

Clays, not water, are likely source of Mars 'lakes'

Three studies published in the past month have cast doubt on the premise of subsurface lakes…

Experiment with working poor in India finds no impact from more night sleep

Subjectively, getting more sleep seems to provide big benefits: Many people find it gives them increased…

A new information storage and processing device

A team of scientists has developed a means to create a new type of memory, marking…

How light pollution affects animal orientation

The growth of cities with their streetlights and illuminated buildings has led to brighter nights. This…

Novel method of imaging silicon anode degradation may lead to better batteries

A novel method of characterizing the structural and chemical evolution of silicon and a thin layer…