Science

Researchers are using new technologies, including AI, as well as contributions from citizen scientists, to improve how we monitor and...

January 17, 20254 min readHere’s How Climate Change Fueled the Los Angeles WildfiresMany factors, such as strong Santa Ana winds...

A tiny drone powered by soft muscle-like actuatorsKevin Chen An insect-inspired robot that only weighs as much as a raisin...

Our coastal forest showed little effect from the first 10-hour exposure to salty water in June 2022 and grew normally...

Under tide-skinsstretched thin,a slow heat hums –its salt-fingerspressing againstwhat once held firm.The ocean,a story unwinding,carrying iron-whispersfrom ancient cores,its weight drawn...

Amid the rising buzz around Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs, a group of 58 researchers is challenging the way obesity...

Smoke rises during a fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing battery storage facility in California on 17 JanuaryBloomberg / Getty...

After the first 20 minutes, the water temperature seemed to increase at a fairly constant rate of 0.0006 degrees Celsius...

The planet’s water cycle is shifting in ways never seen before, and human activities are largely responsible for these changes,...

Earlier this week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked the authorization of the dye Red No. 3, which is...

A satellite orbits the planetShutterstock / Andrei Armiagov Over the past couple years, undersea cables from the Baltic Sea to...

At 06:59 Central European time time on January 8, the BepiColombo spacecraft successfully performed its sixth flyby of Mercury, the...

A serendipitous laboratory mishap has led scientists to discover how octopuses achieve their remarkable arm control, revealing a segmented nervous...

January 15, 20253 min readWhy Are U.S. TikTok Users Signing Up for RedNote?Thousands of U.S. TikTok users are joining China-based...

Stone plaques with sun motifs found on Bornholm island, DenmarkAntiquity Publications/John Lee, National Museum of Denmark Hundreds of mysterious engraved...

The planners and residents working to rebuild Los Angeles won’t be starting from a blank slate, however. Existing roads, infrastructure,...