News We probably aren’t the first civilization in the Milky Way. It’s just that the others are dead December 21, 2020
Environment Giant iceberg A-68a scrapes seafloor and breaks into two. Its current trajectory is unknown December 21, 2020
Health Blood pressure drug also improves alcohol withdrawal symptoms December 21, 2020 - Updated on April 9, 2024
Discoveries Poverty line shmoverty line: Backed by AI, researchers want a new way to measure poverty December 18, 2020
Climate Wildfire smoke can carry microbes that cause infectious diseases, researchers find December 18, 2020
News NASA says a gargantuan supermassive black hole is somehow missing December 18, 2020 - Updated on June 11, 2023
Fossil Friday Fossil Friday: Adalatherium, the largest mammal to run with the dinosaurs December 18, 2020
Animals Breathtaking underwater photographs document the hidden lives of humpback whales December 18, 2020
Environment No-meat diets won’t fix the climate — too many poor countries can’t adopt them December 17, 2020
Climate Scientists report unusual seismic activity in Antarctica: over 30,000 tremors December 17, 2020
Climate New projections warn that Greenland’s ice sheet will see 60% more melt than we’ve estimated December 17, 2020
Environment European rivers are fragmented by over one million barriers December 16, 2020 - Updated on December 18, 2020
Environment People are increasingly turning to nature to cope with the pandemic and improve their wellbeing December 16, 2020
Climate This hurricane season was so intense scientists ran out of names for storms December 16, 2020
Climate Ocean warming is a wrecking ball for coral reef systems. This researcher wants to understand it all December 16, 2020
News Mammoth remains possibly butchered by human hunters found on Arctic Island near Siberia December 16, 2020
Health Scientists find a fatal case of constipation in 1,000-year-old mummy with grasshopper diet December 15, 2020
News Japanese researchers open up the Hayabusa 2 capsule — and it’s full of asteroid samples December 15, 2020
Animals They were looking for a beaked whale. Instead, they may have found a new species December 15, 2020
Environment In the Red Sea, an oil tanker rots — it could create the largest spill in human history December 15, 2020
Health Drugs that neutralize lethal effects of snakebites could replace antivenom December 15, 2020 - Updated on December 16, 2020
Climate In 10 to 20 years, it will be so hot that tropical trees live shorter lives December 14, 2020
Animals Global warming is faster than evolution — and this could spell trouble for marine life December 14, 2020
Climate Pandemic causes 7% plunge in carbon emissions this year — but there’s little cause for joy December 14, 2020
Animals Despite some success stories, we’re still causing a major extinction, IUCN report shows December 14, 2020
News Economic inequality and decline fracture society, says a new study December 14, 2020 - Updated on March 16, 2023
Science More people are turning to cannabis in the pandemic. Should this worry us? December 14, 2020 - Updated on December 16, 2020
Climate The Paris Agreement, five years on. Can we still avoid a climate crisis? December 12, 2020 - Updated on December 14, 2020
Renewable Energy Cheap perovskite tandem solar cell breaks new world record at 30% efficiency December 11, 2020 - Updated on December 14, 2020
Geology Researchers are now studying earthquakes and geology with unused optic fiber cables December 11, 2020
Health Sure, this pandemic sucks, but at least a bee didn’t sting you in the eye December 11, 2020 - Updated on July 13, 2023
Environment Denmark just opened a huge vertical farm, and it could be a sign of things to come globally December 11, 2020 - Updated on December 13, 2020
Environment Better make room: Man-made stuff now outweighs all other living things on Earth December 11, 2020
