New scientific model can predict moral and political development

How come today’s conservatives are more liberal than yesterday’s liberals? Why has public opinion in large…

How we discovered UK shale gas reserves are at least 80% smaller than thought

Over the past decade, the UK has tentatively begun to exploit its reserves of shale gas…

From crystals to glasses: a new unified theory for heat transport

Theoretical physicists from SISSA and the University of California at Davis have developed a new approach…

Filter-feeding pterosaurs were the flamingos of the Late Jurassic

Modern flamingoes employ filter feeding and their feces is, as a result, rich in remains of…

A toxic truth: lead exposure problems linger in soil, air

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan—which began in 2014 but to this day has not been…

Can consumers save the planet by just buying green?

Buying green is getting more and more popular, but is it enough to solve the sustainability…

The hidden costs of food waste

We’ve all been there before. We rummage around our fridge to find those long-forgotten strawberries we…

Opinion: Treat U.S. gun violence as a disease

As a pediatrician who works in an emergency department, I am reminded daily of how firearm…

NASA's AIRS maps carbon monoxide from Brazil fires

New data from NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, aboard the Aqua satellite, shows the movement…

Why we need to get back to Venus

Just next door, cosmologically speaking, is a planet almost exactly like Earth. It’s about the same…