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We need to act now, urges a collective of experts.
Every year more than 640.000 tonnes of nets, lines, pots and traps are dumped in the sea
Curiosity is the only rover left on Mars -- and this haunting photo it recently beamed to Earth perfectly describes the feeling.
Ice takes a while to melt -- but melt it will, a new paper reports.
We like it easy... but not too easy.
The research suggests that there is no safe period to consume marijuana during pregnancy.
CO2 is the main contributor to global warming
The research began in 1997 thanks to a unique sugas in seaweed
In a hotter future, plants will consume more water than they do today — which means a drier future despite the anticipated increases in precipitation. Climate heating is estimated to increase precipitation levels in places like the United States and Europe through the generation of more water vapor and weather pattern disruptions. However, humans may […]
The differences may be due to the power dynamics between the two genders.
My joints always hurt when it rains.
No country was allowed to withdraw for three years
Saving money and saving the environment are my two favorite things.
Luckily deep sleep is the best medicine.
We could learn a thing or two from sharks about fighting microbial infections.
Any amount of running is linked to a significantly lower risk of death from any cause, the paper found.
The high-tech prosthetic allows amputees to walk with vigor and balance.
With the global trend of vaccine hesitancy, skeptical parents are refusing to get their children vaccinated due to false concerns about their safety.
It could even be used for buildings in the Artic
"It's obviously not just about being smart," the authors say.
This would make it the most valuable company in the world, overtaking Apple by about half a trillion dollars.
This is an entire new level of mind reading.
Paulino Guajajara belonged to a group called the “Guardians of the Forest”
The daring spacecraft traveled more than 11 billion miles to exit the solar system.
It could be employed to raise the efficiency of solar harvesting devices.
Cutting federal funding: Trump proposed unrealistic and unscientific ways to combat forest fires and threatened to cut “$$$ help.”
The climate summit was supposed to take place in Chile, but massive protests and riots forced the country to pull out. Spain’s president jumped in, saying that Madrid can save the conference and host it from 2-13 December (as initially planned). Violence and climate Every year, world leaders meet under the auspice of the UN […]
Essential and trace minerals are crucial for our health. But is a balanced diet enough to cover the recommended intake?
Traces of moss found in the ice tomb suggest that the prehistoric man roamed far and wide during his last days on Earth.
A new procedure could remove mutant proteins that kill neurons
It was the first time a study revealed the effects of pesticides on fish.
Researchers took inspiration on spiders for this new solution
Neanderthal eagle necklaces are the oldest known ornaments in Europe.
I'd bite.
The uncertainty principle provides a constant hindrance to the sensitivity of equipment such as LIGO's interferometer and new research shows, avoiding it is going to be even harder than we had believed.
Democrats and Republicans disagree on many problems -- but they agree that more sexual education needs to be taught in school, a new survey reports.
Previous research has already suggested that working out in the morning, while quite difficult at times, can be the best way to build a sustainable habit. A new study suggests that men who work out pre-breakfast burn two times more fat. Finding the time for a workout in our busy lives is not always easy. […]
This could finally bring EVs into the mainstream.
Temperature fluctuations, maybe from climate or maybe from geothermal systems, amplified a natural process that grew the crystals.
Macaques rely on tools for foods such as shellfish.
A new study looking into social bonding dynamics for vampire bats reports that friendships they make in captivity are likely to continue after the animals are released back into the wild. While primates are the most iconic group of animals when it comes to social dynamics and friendships, the new study suggests that vampire bats […]
This not just happening only in Germany, but all over the world.
Let's teach AI to beat us at strategy war games -- that sounds like a neat idea.
Project Team Trees seeks to plant 20 million trees by 2020
A company developed a technology to fix the roads and deal with plastic waste
The aim of the project is to clean 1.000 of the world's most polluted rivers
This could lead to new treatments for certain mental illnesses.
The pill might trigger hormonal changes in developing teens that may make them more prone to depression.
A new study reports that there are four broad categories for the motivations that drive human behavior: prominence, inclusiveness, negativity prevention, and tradition. What do people want? That’s a question psychologists have been trying to answer for a long time now, albeit with little agreement on the results so far. In an attempt to put […]
Around the world, thousands of people die every year from snakebite – and there’s not enough antivenom to go round. But even if we had the antivenom we needed, would people use it?