April 3, 2019

Volcanic eruptions and hurricanes are weirdly linked, and we may have worked out how

When it comes to the weather systems controlling rain and shine across the planet, nothing happens in isolation – everything

The United States’ ‘war on drugs’ really did make things worse, new research finds

After five decades of intense and expensive policing, the United States’ so-called ‘war on drugs’ has only created a bigger

Hikers forced to clean up their waste as Alaskan glacier sets to dump decades of poo

Denali National Park in Alaska is home to North America’s highest peak, attracting long queues of humans who are keen

Fiendishly Simple Math Problem Gets A New Solution After Puzzling World For Centuries

A mathematician in the UK has found the penultimate solution to a fiendish number problem that’s puzzled the world for

Gene-hacked bacteria are making spider silk so strong it could build space suits

Scientists have figured out how to genetically alter bacteria to churn out super-strong spider silk. Pound for pound, spider silk

Here’s how to deactivate your Facebook account, but still reactivate it later

Some want to keep a clean record for future employers while others are merely following their therapist’s orders. In any

There’s a star in the Milky Way that ‘shouldn’t exist’, and it just got even stranger

In the halo of the Milky Way, a tiny, ancient star called J0023+0307 drifts about, minding its business. It’s very

The North is melting – here are all the records broken by Alaska’s weather last month

Alaska just finished one of its most unusually warm Marches ever recorded. In its northern reaches, the March warmth was