April 11, 2019

A huge amount of nuclear fallout is embedded in glaciers, and they’re starting to melt

As we continue to see warming glaciers collapse and melt into the ocean, we’re potentially looking at a ticking time

This one lifestyle change can reduce your carbon footprint by 45% – but you won’t like it

Interest is surging in tiny homes – livable dwelling units that typically measure under 400 square feet (37 square meters).

Scientists have found a way to prevent water from ever becoming ice

Ice is a complex beast. While you and I only ever come into contact with one kind of it, scientists

Biologists think they’ve found the secret ingredient that made civilization possible

Human societies are so prosperous mostly because of how altruistic we are. Unlike other animals, people cooperate even with complete

The plot over whether there’s actually methane on Mars has considerably thickened

Not so long ago, Mars had a bunch of methane in its atmosphere. And then it didn’t. Either a whole

NASA’s twin study results just changed what we know about long-term spaceflight

For a year, between March 2015 and March 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent his life in the microgravity environment

Graphic shows the true scale of world’s glaciers disappearing at record speeds

Things are not looking good for Earth’s glaciers. Usually, when it comes to climate change and melting ice, we think

This 29-year-old computer scientist helped bring us the first image of a black hole

Katherine Bouman had a secret: An algorithm she’d developed had stitched together a picture of a black hole. She told

To truly appreciate the M87 black hole pic, you need to see just how huge it is

By now, we’ve all seen the history-making snapshot of the supermassive black hole at the centre of galaxy M87 staring

Here’s how that first black hole image actually confirms Einstein’s theory of relativity

Black holes are long-time superstars of science fiction. But their Hollywood fame is a little strange, given that no-one has