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The microbes in our guts have helped our ancestors adapt to new environments.
Japan plans to build 36 coal power plants in the next decade.
Recycling facilities in the US can't process most of the plastics
We too have done this -- but it is not the ideal approach.
Surgeons or astronauts could touch objects more naturally wearing gloves equipped with these sensors.
A team of researchers from the US and China has developed a passive, solar-powered desalinization system that could quench the thirst of remote, arid coastal areas on the cheap. The system employs several layers of solar evaporators and condensers stacked on top of each other in a vertical array, topped off with an insulating layer […]
"This approach can be applied to other antibiotics and help us discover new ones," the team explains.
A famous Palaeolithic site in Iraq has more secrets to shed about Neanderthal daily life -- as well as their after life.
Investors aren't considering the impact of weather in the economy.
Food production accounts for 30% of the global emissions -- but we rarely talk about it.
Bezos announced that the first grants will be awarded this summer.
One of the brightest stars in the night's sky is getting dimmer and changing shape.
I'm always happy when kids are safe.
All the sci-fi I read as a kid is becoming just sci.
The drug diagnosis takes less than two minutes and could prove to be a useful forensics tool in the future.
Three potential anti-COVID19 medicines have been officially announced by Chinese authorities.
Researchers create system of smart labels that tell you when the diaper is wet
"Beyond economic considerations, the paramount objective of a health-care system is to save lives," the authors rightly point out.
One of the many mysteries behind dinosaurs may have been solved
Previous estimates failed to account for affluence because the rich waste much more food than the poor.
The effect was similar in magnitude to that reported for melatonin supplements -- a commonly used sleep aid.
Fried rice is a wonder of physics. Now, these researchers have finally unraveled its secrets, and the physics is spicy. For centuries, fried rice has been a staple in many cuisines around the world. In addition to its trademark taste, it’s also a bit of a physical curiosity: it’s cooked at temperatures of 1200°C without […]
Dinosaurs on coins? Shut up and take my money!
Yet another study finds getting buzzed makes love interests more appealing than they normally would while sober.
The fossils could tell us more about the changes ancient wasps went through as they evolved into bees.
Higher temperatures are affecting groundwater in the US.
Jellyfish can sting swimmers and their prey with 'mucus grenades'
This is irresponsible.
You can now preserve the memory of your loved ones by turning their ashes into diamonds.
It's the first time that scientists find a dinosaur affected by this disease.
The climate crisis is showing its effects in Antarctica.
One-third of plant and animal species could be gone within five decades.
The study of the Kuiper Belt body Arrokoth promises to change how we believe the building blocks of planets form. Thus revealing more about how planets such as the Earth are born.
Americans get 20% of their calories from restaurants, but this is costing them -- not just in terms of money, but also in terms of nutrition.
Meat (and especially red meat) increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.
A car-sized turtle may have been the largest to have ever lived.
A new lineage of humans has been identified in the DNA of certain African populations. But no one knows what they looked like or what happened to them.
The photographer scoured London's grubby tube station for the perfect moment to take this award-winning shot.
It's the study you've always wanted to read.
It's a berry important task for wolves.
Yup, they seriously tried to pull this off...
Up to 20% of the Amazon is now a net source of CO2
There's a relationship between the chronotype of the students and their academic performance.
The ray, named after a beloved character from the Pink Panther movies, may have a genetic mutation that makes its skin color pink.
Medical workers are heavily exposed to the virus, but China is trying to downplay this effect.
The reactivation of ancient faults may have not only shaped the sunken continent of Zealandia but also the highly tectonically active Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean.
It's something that few dared to believe in.
Lots of data
Gut bacteria may contribute to the development of autism-like behaviors.
It is remarkable that more than a century before the world's highest peaks were scaled, humans were already affecting the atmosphere.
