Archaeologists refute claims that a comet destroyed Hopewell culture

In February 2022, the journal Scientific Reports published a paper with the claim that a comet…

Study suggests rise in global photosynthesis rate due to increase in carbon dioxide has slowed

A team of Earth scientists at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science’s Grassland Research Institute, working…

A novel method uses gravity data to determine where density anomalies lie inside planetary bodies

Getting to know planets or moons inside out isn’t easy. Like Earth and its moon, many…

Solar system fingerprints found in memories of ESA flotilla

Memories of solar impact from seven ESA spacecraft have been collected and analyzed in a first-of-its-kind…

Study reveals persistent racial disparities in school exclusionary discipline, recommends promising reforms

Despite the practice of exclusionary discipline in schools declining over the past decade, policy and program…

Astronomers search for dark matter annihilation at the center of the Earth

Dark matter is one of the thorniest mysteries of modern cosmology. On the one hand, astronomers…

Indigenous voices need to lead Australia's response to the climate crisis

Australia must address historic and contemporary systemic racism to better tackle the climate crisis, according to…

How soil microfauna diversity and community assembly change across latitudes in croplands

Soil microfauna are microscopic animals that live in the soil and play important roles in nutrient…

Evolving elegance: Scientists connect beauty and safeguarding in ammonoid shells

Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusk animals that are now an iconic fossil group…

Experts say radical shift needed in our relationship with the environment

A radical shift in our relationship with the environment is needed and it is time we…