NASA says U.S. coastal cities should expect frequent high-tide floods by mid-2030, and the Moon is partly to blame
We're more to blame but that doesn't make for catchy headlines.
Meat and plant-based meat don’t have the same nutritional properties, but neither is better than the other
Both contain important compounds that the other lacks.
Researchers develop cheap, simple, on-demand water disinfection process
All it needs is electricity, air, and a gold-palladium catalyst.
Researchers discover a new species of ancient beetle inside fossilized poop
Well, that's one way to last forever, I guess.
Spray-on treatment could keep roads strong for longer while also making cities cooler
Less roadwork and livable temperatures? Sign me up.
We’ve found a dead star that’s about as large as the Moon, but weighs more than the Sun
Space is full of surprises.
Ancient weights show markets were already globalizing a few thousand years ago
Turns out people always loved shopping.
A startup proposes using autonomous microreactors fueled by nuclear waste to produce energy
It would also, conveniently, take care of our nuclear waste.
Extinct Australian rodent is re-discovered, alive, after 150 years
Always good news to hear!
We’ve identified the genetic roots of OCD, pointing the way towards new treatments
Around half of patients are resistant to our current treatment options.
Pets seem to have benefited from the pandemic overall, and cats may have benefited the most
Well, to be fair, they always land on their feet.
We can now track ocean microplastics from space, by looking at how winds and water interact
Our technique is not perfect yet but we’re working on it.
New research calculates exactly how much trees can help cool down cities
The short of it is -- a lot, as long as you actually plant trees.
Fossil Friday: 1,000-year-old egg found whole in a cesspit in Israel
Just goes to show: even when you're in deep, there's always hope of enduring.
Europe’s woodlands want to shift north — but birds are carrying them soutwards
Sometimes the plan is all set but logistics don't help you.
STEM cells could lead the way towards an effective cure against HIV/AIDS
Fighting the virus is just half the battle. The other half is repairing the damage.
Willow trees could help clean wastewater and produce drugs, fuel in the process
Waste not, want not?
Cities need to wean off of cars in the future or become endless traffic jams
Traffic jams are objectively the least tasty kind of jam.
What is lupus?
One of medicine’s ‘great imitator’ diseases.
Sleeping well is deemed an ‘essential’ element for personal health and public safety
Judging by this, my cat must be in perfect health.
Pollution could be sucking the youth out of you, quite literally
Our messy ways were bound to catch up to us at some point.
It burns so good: why do some people like spicy food?
I get flustered just looking at a pepper so I’m not one of them.
AIs can already produce convincing propaganda and disinformation — but only in tweet-length
"There's an app for that" is becoming more and more applicable to all walks of life -- the latest to...
Fossil Friday: Australia’s largest known dinosaur identified after a decade of work
The land down under can now boast its own Titanosaur.
Our most sophisticated radio telescope found over 500 radio signals in the sky in a year
There could be hundreds of such events, unnoticed, every day.
Taking short breaks while practicing lets our brains review what we’re doing — and get better at it
That’s great, because I love breaks.
One-way camel trade is keeping another coronavirus at bay, but it could still spark the next pandemic
That’s not a headline I expected to be writing today.
Trained bacteriophages could help us with our drug resistance issues
If you can't beat them -- hire mercenaries.
If you don’t align your sleeping patterns to your body clock, you risk depression, lower wellbeing
It's easier for morning people to pull off.
We’ve identified a gene variant that seems to make people immune to the effects of COVID — but not to catching the virus
We're learning more and more about how the virus spreads, and how our own bodies help that process.
Fossil Friday: ancient poop offers insight into what the ancient, giant Moa birds ate
Hey, we get data wherever we can.
Two new NASA missions earmarked for ‘lost habitable’ planet Venus
We haven't been there in a while.
Table corals have an important role to play in reef recovery, but they’re also quite vulnerable
Helping to protect them would go a long way.
Drones can elicit emotions from people, which could help integrate them into society more easily
Joy, sadness, fear, anger, and surprise were the easiest to recognize.
HPV vaccines are more effective than we assumed, for longer
This is the kind of surprise I like.
We’re inching closer to a better sunscreen that won’t kill corals (unlike our current options)
Work on that summer bod, but be sure to protect it from the sun as well!
Fossil Friday: a 6-year-old UK boy finds ancient fossil in his backyard with a toy archeology kit
Good things come to those who dig.
Different cities have their own microbial fingerprint, a global study reports
"If you gave me your shoe, I could tell you with about 90% accuracy the city you came from," the...
Psychedelic-like drug could fix the symptoms of stress without giving you hallucinations
It works incredibly fast -- in mice, so far.
Silver nanoparticles change shape and get ‘consumed’ when destroying bacteria
We're getting new insight into how this metal acts against pathogens.
Here are the world’s most favorite fruits — judging by production figures, at least
They really do good for the body and soul, so don't be afraid to chow down on some fruit today!
The Greenland Ice Sheet is leaking mercury — likely natural, but still dangerous
It raises the possibility that other melting glaciers are behaving the same way.
California man finds the ‘most significant’ fossil site in the state — by accident
Gives Florida man a run for his money.
Biodiversity loss, fueled by human activity, could take millions of years to recover
This is part of our legacy.
Cyberattacks do cause uncertainty in cryptocurrencies — but with a delay
How do cryptocurrency markets react to cyberattacks -- theft of digital coins? A new paper shows a surprising delay in...
New approach creates power out of thin WiFi
Wireless power, here we come!
Doublespeak works, and it protects manipulative speakers from being perceived as liars
It's not lying, it's strategic re-processing of the truth.
Iran’s groundwater resources are rapidly depleting, and everyone should pay attention
It's their problem today, but it's going to be our problem in the future.
Swiss researchers develop virus that makes cancer tumors destroy themselves
It should be significantly safer for patients than traditional methods.