Research unravels mystery of how early animals survived ice age

How did life survive the most severe ice age? A McGill University-led research team has found…

Drone images show Greenland ice sheet becoming more unstable as it fractures

The world’s second-largest ice sheet, and the single largest contributor to global sea-level rise, is potentially…

A CERN for climate change

In a Perspective article appearing in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Tim…

Sustaining roads with grape and agricultural waste

The U.S. spends $5 billion a year to repair damages to road infrastructure from winter snow…

Monkeys inform group members about threats, following principles of cooperation

Cooperation—working together or exchanging services for the benefit of everyone involved—is a vital part of human…

Black hole or newborn stars? SOFIA finds galactic puzzle

Universities Space Research Association (USRA) today announced that scientists on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy…

Choose hope or climate surrender, says UN chief

Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilisation itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN…

Scientists develop new primary method for measurement of pressure

Scientists from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have implemented a novel pressure measurement method, partly as a…

Evacuations, airport closure as Typhoon Kammuri nears Philippines

Typhoon Kammuri barrelled towards the Philippines on Monday, pushing tens of thousands of people into evacuation…

Toxin-laced bubbles cause pollution hazard on Indian beach

A menacing white foam covered one of India’s most famous beaches in Chennai for the fourth…