Continents
Fieldwork in the Arctic is surprisingly costly, limiting the research done...
Mark Mallory, who has studied Arctic seabirds for more than 20 years, often notes in his scientific papers how expensive it is to conduct...
Science & Technology
Environment & Energy
Scientists uncover the secret behind shimmering seaweed
Scientists uncover the secret behind shimmering seaweed
By Kai Kupferschmidt
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—At low tide, the brown seaweed filling tide pools along the coasts of Cornwall and Devon...
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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Ghostly particle caught in polar ice ushers in new way to look at the...
If astronomers are right, a ghostly particle that lit up an instrumented swathe of ice beneath the South Pole on 22 September last year...
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner at Farmers Market in LA
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...
Almonds may help boost cholesterol clean-up crew
Almonds may help boost cholesterol clean-up crew
Researchers find that eating almonds regularly may help improve HDL cholesterol levels, functionality
Eating almonds on a regular basis...
Male scientists are far more likely to be referred to by their last names,...
Darwin, Newton, Einstein. When scientists reach a certain level of fame, first names need not apply. That’s especially true if the scientist is a...
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...
