Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans

Joe Biden Is Putting the U.S. Back in the Paris Agreement. Here’s What Comes Next.

Science & Health

3 days ago

Joe Biden Is Putting the U.S. Back in the Paris Agreement. Here’s What Comes Next.

Dharna Noor

Scientists Want Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos Dead

Science & Health

3 days ago

Scientists Want Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos Dead

Dharna Noor

What Does Mars Sound Like? The Perseverance Rover Is Going to Find Out

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3 days ago

What Does Mars Sound Like? The Perseverance Rover Is Going to Find Out

Isaac Schultz

Stopping Keystone XL Has to Be Just the Start

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3 days ago

Stopping Keystone XL Has to Be Just the Start

Brian Kahn

Palaeontologists Find The Gland Before Time In ‘Perfectly Preserved’ Dinosaur Butthole

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4 days ago

Palaeontologists Find The Gland Before Time In ‘Perfectly Preserved’ Dinosaur Butthole

Tegan Jones

How Do We Know Statistics Can Be Trusted?

Science & Health

4 days ago

How Do We Know Statistics Can Be Trusted?

Samantha Vilkins and Sujatha Raman and Will J Grant

The Biggest Thing Missing From Joe Biden’s Climate Plan: Plastic

Science & Health

4 days ago

The Biggest Thing Missing From Joe Biden’s Climate Plan: Plastic

Dharna Noor

What Scientists Wish They Knew a Year Ago About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Science & Health

4 days ago

What Scientists Wish They Knew a Year Ago About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Ed Cara

The Internet’s Carbon Footprint Issue Isn’t Tied to Individuals

Science & Health

4 days ago

The Internet’s Carbon Footprint Issue Isn’t Tied to Individuals

Dharna Noor

Bike And Carmakers Just Want Our Rides To Talk To Each Other

Cars

5 days ago

Bike And Carmakers Just Want Our Rides To Talk To Each Other

José Rodríguez Jr.

L.A. Suspends Air Quality Rules to Cremate Backlog of Covid-19 Victims

Science & Health

5 days ago

L.A. Suspends Air Quality Rules to Cremate Backlog of Covid-19 Victims

Matt Novak

An Italian Plane Manufacturer Developed A Craft Just For Transporting COVID-19 Vaccines

Online

5 days ago

An Italian Plane Manufacturer Developed A Craft Just For Transporting COVID-19 Vaccines

Elizabeth Blackstock

The Four Most Promising Worlds for Alien Life in the Solar System

Science & Health

5 days ago

The Four Most Promising Worlds for Alien Life in the Solar System

Gareth Dorrian

The 6 Best iOS 14 Accessibility Features

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5 days ago

The 6 Best iOS 14 Accessibility Features

Alice Clarke

Biden May Yank Keystone XL Pipeline Permit as Soon as His First Day in Office

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5 days ago

Biden May Yank Keystone XL Pipeline Permit as Soon as His First Day in Office

Alyse Stanley

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Celebrates 3,000 Days On Mars

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6 days ago

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Celebrates 3,000 Days On Mars

Elizabeth Blackstock

75% of Australia’s Marine Protected Areas Are Given Only ‘Partial’ Protection

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6 days ago

75% of Australia’s Marine Protected Areas Are Given Only ‘Partial’ Protection

John Turnbull, Carly Cook, Emma Johnston, Graeme Clark, Kelsey Roberts

Rare Wolverine Spotted in Yellowstone for the First Time in Years

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6 days ago

Rare Wolverine Spotted in Yellowstone for the First Time in Years

Brian Kahn

What Happens If You Breathe Pure Oxygen?

Science & Health

6 days ago

What Happens If You Breathe Pure Oxygen?

Mark Lynch

This Ginormous Dust Storm in Colorado Could Be Seen From Space

Science & Health

6 days ago

This Ginormous Dust Storm in Colorado Could Be Seen From Space

Alyse Stanley

Trump Administration Clears Way for Mining Company to Take Over Sacred Indigenous Land

Science & Health

1 week ago

Trump Administration Clears Way for Mining Company to Take Over Sacred Indigenous Land

Shaena Montanari

You Can’t Block Climate Action And Say You Support Democracy

Science & Health

1 week ago

You Can’t Block Climate Action And Say You Support Democracy

Dharna Noor

After Two Years of Frustration, NASA Finally Nixes Its Martian Mole

Science & Health

1 week ago

After Two Years of Frustration, NASA Finally Nixes Its Martian Mole

George Dvorsky

If a Robot is Conscious, is it Okay to Turn it Off?

Science & Health

1 week ago

If a Robot is Conscious, is it Okay to Turn it Off?

Anand Vaidya

Donald Trump Confronts the Scourge of Efficient Hot Water Heaters and Furnaces

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1 week ago

Donald Trump Confronts the Scourge of Efficient Hot Water Heaters and Furnaces

Brian Kahn

A Racing Pigeon Travelled From the U.S. to Australia, So Now It Must Die

Science & Health

1 week ago

A Racing Pigeon Travelled From the U.S. to Australia, So Now It Must Die

George Dvorsky

New Research Offers Rare Hope for Treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder

Science & Health

1 week ago

New Research Offers Rare Hope for Treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder

Ed Cara

Electric Eels Seen Hunting in Groups for the First Time

Science & Health

1 week ago

Electric Eels Seen Hunting in Groups for the First Time

Jake Buehler

Striking Satellite Images Show Mount Fuji’s Sad Snowcap

Science & Health

1 week ago

Striking Satellite Images Show Mount Fuji’s Sad Snowcap

Dharna Noor

UN Warns World Is Failing to Prepare for Climate Change, But We Can Fix That

Science & Health

1 week ago

UN Warns World Is Failing to Prepare for Climate Change, But We Can Fix That

Dharna Noor

The Oldest Known Cave Painting of Animals Is in a Secret Indonesian Valley

Science & Health

1 week ago

The Oldest Known Cave Painting of Animals Is in a Secret Indonesian Valley

Adam Brumm, Adhi Oktaviana, Basran Burhan and Maxime Aubert

How Much Do Our Genes Restrict Free Will?

Science & Health

1 week ago

How Much Do Our Genes Restrict Free Will?

Hannah Critchlow

Land Absorbs Carbon Now, But It Could Emit It in Just a Few Decades

Science & Health

1 week ago

Land Absorbs Carbon Now, But It Could Emit It in Just a Few Decades

Brian Kahn

Two Worrying Coronavirus Variants Local to U.S. Flagged by Researchers in Ohio

Science & Health

1 week ago

Two Worrying Coronavirus Variants Local to U.S. Flagged by Researchers in Ohio

Ed Cara

Coronavirus Lockdowns Didn’t Reduce Air Pollution as Much as We Thought

Science & Health

1 week ago

Coronavirus Lockdowns Didn’t Reduce Air Pollution as Much as We Thought

Dharna Noor

Cave Painting of Pigs Might Be the Oldest Known Artwork of Animals

Science & Health

1 week ago

Cave Painting of Pigs Might Be the Oldest Known Artwork of Animals

George Dvorsky

Trump’s EPA Now Says Oil and Gas Production Are ‘Insignificant’ Sources of Pollution

Science & Health

1 week ago

Trump’s EPA Now Says Oil and Gas Production Are ‘Insignificant’ Sources of Pollution

Dharna Noor

Astronomers Detected Gravitational Waves. Now They Want to See the Cosmic Ocean

Science & Health

1 week ago

Astronomers Detected Gravitational Waves. Now They Want to See the Cosmic Ocean

Isaac Schultz

The Story of Real-Life Dire Wolves Is Finally Emerging

Science & Health

1 week ago

The Story of Real-Life Dire Wolves Is Finally Emerging

George Dvorsky

NASA’s New Mars Rover Has Some Fun Easter Eggs

Online

2 weeks ago

NASA’s New Mars Rover Has Some Fun Easter Eggs

Jason Torchinsky

Net-Zero, Carbon-Neutral, Carbon-Negative: What All the Carbon Jargon Really Means

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Net-Zero, Carbon-Neutral, Carbon-Negative: What All the Carbon Jargon Really Means

Jessica Allen

Saudi Crown Prince Asks, Answers What if a City, But It’s a 169KM Line

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Saudi Crown Prince Asks, Answers What if a City, But It’s a 169KM Line

Tom McKay

The Surprising Way Keyhole Wasps Can Take Down an Aeroplane

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

The Surprising Way Keyhole Wasps Can Take Down an Aeroplane

George Dvorsky

Psychedelic Mushrooms Grew in a Man’s Veins After He Injected Them

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Psychedelic Mushrooms Grew in a Man’s Veins After He Injected Them

Ed Cara

Refrigerators Are Finally Embracing the Good Ice

Mobile

2 weeks ago

Refrigerators Are Finally Embracing the Good Ice

Alex Cranz

Report: Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Will Finally Be Charged for Poisoning Flint’s Water

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Report: Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Will Finally Be Charged for Poisoning Flint’s Water

Dharna Noor

Rare Planet With Three Suns Has a Super Weird Orbit

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Rare Planet With Three Suns Has a Super Weird Orbit

George Dvorsky

Climate Change Drove $97 Billion in Rainfall Damage Over the Past 30 Years

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Climate Change Drove $97 Billion in Rainfall Damage Over the Past 30 Years

Dharna Noor

Tasmanian Tigers and Wolves Evolved Uncannily Similar Skulls

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Tasmanian Tigers and Wolves Evolved Uncannily Similar Skulls

Isaac Schultz

Trump Officials Publish Climate Denial Flyers, White House Disavows Them

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Trump Officials Publish Climate Denial Flyers, White House Disavows Them

Brian Kahn

The Pandemic Could Disrupt Decades of Decline in Cancer Mortality

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

The Pandemic Could Disrupt Decades of Decline in Cancer Mortality

Ed Cara

How Animals Use Transparency to Evade Predators

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

How Animals Use Transparency to Evade Predators

James B. Barnett

Some Gorillas Have Tested Positive For COVID-19

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Some Gorillas Have Tested Positive For COVID-19

Cam Wilson

Editing the DNA of Human Embryos Could Protect Us From Future Pandemics

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Editing the DNA of Human Embryos Could Protect Us From Future Pandemics

Yusef Paolo Rabiah

Facebook is Taking Money to Advertise Aussie Anti-Vaxx Events, Again

Online

2 weeks ago

Facebook is Taking Money to Advertise Aussie Anti-Vaxx Events, Again

Cam Wilson

Snakes Invented an Incredibly Creepy Way to Climb Trees

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Snakes Invented an Incredibly Creepy Way to Climb Trees

George Dvorsky

Heck Yes, NASA’s Juno and InSight Missions Are Getting Bonus Time

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Heck Yes, NASA’s Juno and InSight Missions Are Getting Bonus Time

George Dvorsky

Federal Authorities Are Looking for the Ghoul Who Carved ‘TRUMP’ Into a Manatee

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Federal Authorities Are Looking for the Ghoul Who Carved ‘TRUMP’ Into a Manatee

Brian Kahn

Scientists Find Link Between Cat Parasite and Brain Cancer in People

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Scientists Find Link Between Cat Parasite and Brain Cancer in People

Ed Cara

Huge Sinkhole Opens Up in Italian Hospital Parking Lot After Heavy Rains

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Huge Sinkhole Opens Up in Italian Hospital Parking Lot After Heavy Rains

Dharna Noor

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

2020 Could’ve Been So Much Worse

Brian Kahn

12 New Studies Show How Close Insects Are to Extinction

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

12 New Studies Show How Close Insects Are to Extinction

Dharna Noor

In Delicious Science News, Someone Made a Drone From Pineapple Leaves

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2 weeks ago

In Delicious Science News, Someone Made a Drone From Pineapple Leaves

Lauren Rouse

Cities Could Get 4°C Hotter By 2100 – Australia Needs A National Planning Policy To Keep Cool

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Cities Could Get 4°C Hotter By 2100 – Australia Needs A National Planning Policy To Keep Cool

Mark Maund, Kim Maund, Marcus Jefferies and SueAnne Ware

Venus Was Once More Earth-Like, but Climate Change Made It Uninhabitable

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Venus Was Once More Earth-Like, but Climate Change Made It Uninhabitable

Richard Ernst

Newborn Megalodons Were Larger Than Adult Humans and Probably Ate Their Siblings

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Newborn Megalodons Were Larger Than Adult Humans and Probably Ate Their Siblings

Isaac Schultz

Please Shove Pizza Hut’s New ‘Nothing But Stuffed Crust’ Directly Into Our Mouth Holes

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2 weeks ago

Please Shove Pizza Hut’s New ‘Nothing But Stuffed Crust’ Directly Into Our Mouth Holes

Leah Williams

Could Schrödinger’s Cat Exist in Real Life?

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Could Schrödinger’s Cat Exist in Real Life?

Stefan Forstner

How Did Some Animals Evolve Wings to Fly?

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

How Did Some Animals Evolve Wings to Fly?

Matthew Wills

Spain’s Worst Snowstorm in Decades Collapses Parts of the Country

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Spain’s Worst Snowstorm in Decades Collapses Parts of the Country

Jody Serrano

Scientists Discover Short-Legged Corgi Giraffes

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Scientists Discover Short-Legged Corgi Giraffes

Jake Buehler

Meteorites From the Beginning of the Solar System May Have Carried Water Quite Recently

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Meteorites From the Beginning of the Solar System May Have Carried Water Quite Recently

Isaac Schultz

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

There Is Such a Thing as Too Late

Andrew Couts

Two Failed Stars in Our Cosmic Neighbourhood Seem to Have… Stripes?

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Two Failed Stars in Our Cosmic Neighbourhood Seem to Have… Stripes?

George Dvorsky

The Big Oil Money Behind the Members of U.S. Congress Who Fuelled the Capitol Attack

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

The Big Oil Money Behind the Members of U.S. Congress Who Fuelled the Capitol Attack

Brian Kahn and Dhruv Mehrotra

Biden Admin’s Vaccine Plan: Release All Stored Doses

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Biden Admin’s Vaccine Plan: Release All Stored Doses

Ed Cara

The Rate of Earth’s Spin Appears to Be Accelerating

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

The Rate of Earth’s Spin Appears to Be Accelerating

George Dvorsky

Early Evidence Suggests Pfizer Vaccine Works Against New Coronavirus Variant

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Early Evidence Suggests Pfizer Vaccine Works Against New Coronavirus Variant

Ed Cara

Last Year Was the Hottest in Human History, Despite Record Carbon Emissions Drop

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Last Year Was the Hottest in Human History, Despite Record Carbon Emissions Drop

Brian Kahn

How Australia Can Phase Out Coal Power While Maintaining Energy Security

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

How Australia Can Phase Out Coal Power While Maintaining Energy Security

Daniel D'Hotman and Steven Hamilton

Striking 3D Satellite Images Show Shattered Iceberg A68a, Which Still Threatens a Sensitive Island

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Striking 3D Satellite Images Show Shattered Iceberg A68a, Which Still Threatens a Sensitive Island

George Dvorsky

Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird

Isaac Schultz

A Man Ate a Toothpick and It Was Stuck in His Butt for Months

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

A Man Ate a Toothpick and It Was Stuck in His Butt for Months

Ed Cara

Physicists Are Looking for Dark Matter in Tiny, Ancient Black Holes

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Physicists Are Looking for Dark Matter in Tiny, Ancient Black Holes

Isaac Schultz

The Climate Crisis Will Be Steroids for Fascism

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

The Climate Crisis Will Be Steroids for Fascism

Brian Kahn

Good News: Natural Immunity to the Coronavirus May Last Years, Study Suggests

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Good News: Natural Immunity to the Coronavirus May Last Years, Study Suggests

Ed Cara

The Real Culprits Steering Students Into Doing Big Oil’s Dirty Work

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

The Real Culprits Steering Students Into Doing Big Oil’s Dirty Work

Dharna Noor

This Smart Face Mask Tracks Your Breathing And Air Quality

Gadgets

2 weeks ago

This Smart Face Mask Tracks Your Breathing And Air Quality

Lauren Rouse

Scientists Propose New Way of Ordering the Periodic Table

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Scientists Propose New Way of Ordering the Periodic Table

Nick Norman

Archaeologists Uncover Disturbing Amount of Plastic Waste at Iron Age Site

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Archaeologists Uncover Disturbing Amount of Plastic Waste at Iron Age Site

George Dvorsky

Online

2 weeks ago

Does Your Cat Actually Hate You?

Daniel Kolitz

Astronomers Calculate Universe’s Age With Atacama Desert Telescope

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Astronomers Calculate Universe’s Age With Atacama Desert Telescope

Isaac Schultz

Blue Light and Essential Oil Compound Treat Antibiotic-Resistant Skin Infections in Mice

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Blue Light and Essential Oil Compound Treat Antibiotic-Resistant Skin Infections in Mice

Ed Cara

Trump Administration Issues Last-Minute Blows to the Arctic

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Trump Administration Issues Last-Minute Blows to the Arctic

Dharna Noor

Unprecedented Camera Trap Footage Shows a Jaguar Capturing an Ocelot

Science & Health

2 weeks ago

Unprecedented Camera Trap Footage Shows a Jaguar Capturing an Ocelot

George Dvorsky

The Best Meteor Showers to Keep an Eye Out for in 2021

Science & Health

3 weeks ago

The Best Meteor Showers to Keep an Eye Out for in 2021

Jonti Horner and Tanya Hill

Mild Covid-19 Cases More Likely to Lose Their Sense of Smell, Study Finds

Science & Health

3 weeks ago

Mild Covid-19 Cases More Likely to Lose Their Sense of Smell, Study Finds

Ed Cara

Ever Wondered How Much Carbon Comes From Your Daily Coffee? It Ain’t Good

Science & Health

3 weeks ago

Ever Wondered How Much Carbon Comes From Your Daily Coffee? It Ain’t Good

Mark Maslin and Carmen Nab

Trump Admin Clears the Way for Bird Slaughter

Science & Health

3 weeks ago

Trump Admin Clears the Way for Bird Slaughter

Dharna Noor

This ‘Unusual Star’ Is Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen Before

Science & Health

3 weeks ago

This ‘Unusual Star’ Is Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen Before

George Dvorsky

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