Keeping plants nourished: The workings of a photosynthesis backup system

Photosynthesis is how plants 'make their food' and feed the rest of the planet. The key…

New species of mastodon discovered in California

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has discovered a new species…

Climate extremes hitting maize production could become the new norm by 2020

Even with an increase in global temperatures of just 1.5 °C, the worst production losses experienced…

Five things to consider before speed limiters are added to cars

The recent announcement that EU rules for fitting speed limiters to new cars from 2022 will…

Facebook beefs up political ad rules ahead of EU election

Facebook said Friday it's further tightening up requirements for European Union political advertising, in its latest…

What ‘Big Data’ reveals about the diversity of species

Big data and large-scale analyses are critical for biodiversity research to find out how animal and…

From the bronze age to food cans, here’s how tin changed humanity

Mention tin and most people would think of the typical tin can, used to preserve foods…

SpaceX releases a new render of what the all-steel Starship will look like returning to earth

The design for SpaceX's Starship (aka. Big Falcon Rocket) is really starting to come together. Over…

Fossils show recovery from extinction event helped shape evolutionary history

Ancient sea-floor dwellers are providing new clues about how mass extinctions steer life's evolutionary history, according…

How to use gravitational waves to measure the expansion of the universe

On the morning of Aug. 17, 2017, after traveling for more than a hundred million years,…