Continents
Animal fat on ancient pottery fragments reveals a nearly catastrophic period...
A bit more than 8000 years ago, the world suddenly cooled, leading to much drier summers for much of the Northern Hemisphere. The impact...
Science & Technology
Environment & Energy
Clean air advocates worried by EPA’s move to rethink cost-benefit calculations
Originally published by E&E News
While the public and the media focus on Scott Pruitt's ethics scandals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) boss is...
Education
Believing the future will be favorable may prevent action
Believing the future will be favorable may prevent action
Association for Psychological Science
People tend to believe that others will come around to their point of...
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Ancient Earth froze over in a geologic instant
Earth’s ice is melting at a rapid clip today. But some scientists think that during several ancient episodes, the planet plunged into a deep...
Bose SoundTrue Ultra In-Ear Headphones Launched
All right. Well, take care yourself. I guess that's what you're best, presence old master? A tremor in the Force. The last time felt...
New Samsung Speakers Play 360-Degree Audio
All right. Well, take care yourself. I guess that's what you're best, presence old master? A tremor in the Force. The last time felt...
Hundreds of U.S. scientists urge more transparency in animal research
Breaking with a history of reticence, nearly 600 scientists, students, and lab animal workers published a letter in USA Today this morning that calls on U.S. research...
Health
Is a little radiation good for you? Controversial theory pops up in Senate hearing...
As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moves to overhaul how scientific studies can inform regulations, a U.S. Senate panel briefly became a stage for a decades-old...
On a remote Pacific island, this doctor has revived a 60-year quest to eradicate...
LIHIR ISLAND IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA—In a small, poor village 15,000 kilometers from his home, Oriol Mitjà jumped out of a white van one early May...
Can bacteria-slaying viruses defeat antibiotic-resistant infections? A new U.S. clinical center aims to find...
One piece of good news can make all the difference. In the fight against antibiotic-resistant infections, a decades-old approach based on bacteria-slaying viruses called...
Arts & Humanities
The Maya civilization used chocolate as money
Your Hershey bar may have been worth its weight in gold in Mayan times. A new study reveals that chocolate became its own form...
Do dolphins feel grief?
When an adult striped dolphin emerged from the Mediterranean Sea in 2016 pushing, nudging, and circling the carcass of its dead female companion for...
Australia to ax support for long-term ecology sites
Australia to ax support for long-term ecology sites
By John Pickrell
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA—The Simpson Desert of central Australia is as starkly beautiful as it is ecologically entrancing....
Believing the future will be favorable may prevent action
Believing the future will be favorable may prevent action
Association for Psychological Science
People tend to believe that others will come around to their point of...
