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A possible explanation for why West Antarctica is warming faster than East Antarctica
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in South Korea has found a possible reason…
Probing dark matter with the Higgs boson
Visible matter—everything from pollen to stars and galaxies—accounts for roughly 15% of the total mass of…
After coronavirus: how seasonal migration and empty centres might change our cities
The changes to urban space brought by the coronavirus have many people asking what the post-pandemic…
Study finds warming peat may boost greenhouse gases
Warming temperatures in cold-climate peatlands may over time trigger decomposition of old, deeply buried peat and…
Rare moss clinging to life on B.C. cliff should be protected, says expert
A rare moss struggling to survive on a single square metre of rock in British Columbia…
What is a derecho? An atmospheric scientist explains these rare but dangerous storm systems
Thunderstorms are common across North America, especially in warm weather months. About 10% of them become…
Predicting the future response to our current cascading crises
If the past hundred days or so have taught us anything it should be humility about…
What the archaeological record reveals about epidemics throughout history – and the human response to them
The previous pandemics to which people often compare COVID-19—the influenza pandemic of 1918, the Black Death…
New lithium-rich Cepheid discovered in the Milky Way
Italian astronomers have reported the discovery of a new lithium-rich galactic Cepheid star, identified by high-resolution…