What causes rivers to suddenly change course?
Displacement is in the nature of a river. But when a river breaks from its channel and carves a new […]
There is a new term for trying to master the wind
Wind ownership is available. As an unpaid intern at an energy company in England, Emilia Groupp spent two years creating
How tiny phytoplankton travel long distances up the ocean
It’s one of the most massive migrations on Earth: a huge biomass of tiny plankton traveling from the deep sea
Climate change made 2024 the hottest year on record. The heat was deadly
Again and again, the numbers tell the same story: 2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, knocking the previous record
Preserving Mexico’s spruce forests can help monarch butterflies
An experiment to grow new forests in central Mexico offers hope that crucial winter habitat for millions of migrating monarch
Fossil teeth hint at a surprisingly early start to humans’ long childhood
An extended childhood, a hallmark of human development, may have had an ancient and unusual beginning. One of the earliest
The Europa Clipper has set out to solve an alien mystery
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old mystery: Could anything live in the ocean
Why this physicist is bringing thermodynamics into the quantum age
Imagine Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airplanes. Steam robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in hats
Fans may not keep the elderly cool during heat waves
Air blown from an electric fan alone is not enough to cool older adults who are suffocating indoors in a
Lizard saliva may help detect a rare pancreatic tumor
A molecule in lizard saliva may make it easier to find some tumors in the pancreas. Insulinomas – benign tumors