Strong storms also play big role in Antarctic ice shelf collapse

Warming temperatures and changes in ocean circulation and salinity are driving the breakup of ice sheets…

Pre-results review: Taking transparency in economics research to the next level

A fundamental norm of science is that its findings are common property of the scientific community…

Heat wave forecast prompts Chicago public housing checks

Public housing officials in Chicago were planning wellbeing checks on residents as the heat and humidity…

'Florida really tops the charts' of states climate change will heat up, report says

Miamians are already used to stifling heat waves that leave them sprinting from air-conditioned cars to…

Danish study finds 95 percent of dead petrels ingested plastic

More than 90 percent of northern petrels found dead off the Danish coast had plastic in…

The heat goes on: June toastiest on record, July may follow

The heat goes on: Earth sizzled to its hottest June on record as the climate keeps…

Manmade ruin adds 7,000 species to endangered 'Red List'

Mankind’s destruction of nature is driving species to the brink of extinction at an “unprecedented” rate,…

Sperm may offer the uterus a 'secret handshake'

Why does it take 200 million sperm to fertilize a single egg? Click here…

Toward molecular computers: First measurement of single-molecule heat transfer

Heat transfer through a single molecule has been measured for the first time by an international…

The top five strangest poisons that can kill you

There are some crazy poisons in this world of ours, and they’re often found in things…