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Mining companies and others skeptical that metallic nodules electrically split seawater
Beneath Europa’s icy crust is a salty ocean, perhaps the best place in the Solar System to look for life. A NASA spacecraft will soon set off to probe the jovian moon
Reconstructing ancient Earth’s temperature reveals a global climate regulation system
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To distance its science education systems from centurieslong British colonialism, India is leaning into its history and traditions—but at what cost?
The catastrophic floods that affected southern Brazil last May should serve as a warning to human societies that, despite the still widespread climate change skepticism or denial, mitigation and adaptation to cope with the ongoing climate crisis are urgently needed. The toll was 213 people killed or missing; 2.4 million people affected, including 600,000 displaced; and unprecedented losses in urban and rural infrastructure, including livestock.
Mice that witness cage mates in distress withstand future negative emotions better
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An ambitious strategy aims to cool the planet by dumping farmed seaweed on the sea floor. Will it work?
Focusing on temperature extremes can galvanize policy changes but risks undercounting
Building a Spanish megalith required sophisticated physics, geometry, and geology
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Controversy over intentional burial by Homo naledi extends to new publishing models
Mammoth study in Chinese villages shows antibiotics that kill Helicobacter pylori reduced cancer risk
A stripped-down HIV genome can interfere with normal virus replication
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Scientists debate the role of humidity in rising heat deaths
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Atoms of element 116 show path to create element 120 and extend the periodic table
VIPER cancellation shocks planetary scientists and puts commercial lunar delivery program on edge
Culling crown-of-thorns boosted coral cover on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
As private fleets grow, so do concerns about ozone-destroying effects of metal particles
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Glucagon-like peptide–1–based medicines have weight loss–independent actions
Foraging niches become more specialized toward bird range limits
Call to study glacial geoengineering stirs up “civil war” among polar scientists
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Feeble government response and lack of industry cooperation hamper U.S. control efforts
Scientists allege irregularities in papers on how honey bees gauge distance
Hardy zircons suggest subduction of ocean crust began 4 billion years ago
“New type of fossil” may boost efforts to bring beasts back
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As the hunt for habitable Earth-like planets stalls, astronomers are turning to bigger worlds
Four decades after his lab found odd, massive particles inside cells, Leonard Rome is still determined to figure out what “vaults” do
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