June 18, 2021

Ocean microbes may actually help moderate Earth’s temperature, scientists say

One of the key steps to mitigating climate change is to better understand the multitude of factors that affect our

Here’s why it’s a bad thing for women’s health that there are so few women inventors

MacArthur Genius and MIT professor Linda Griffith has built an epic career as a scientist and inventor, including growing a

How do constantly swimming sharks ever rest? Scientists just figured it out

Even predators can’t stay awake all the time. But sharks, those sleek hunters of the deep, don’t exactly advertise when

UN report warns there’s a different type of ‘pandemic’ coming for the world

Thousands of years of history tell us drought is nothing new. Sometimes we prevail. Often we don’t. A bleak look into

This weird straw claims to cure hiccups better than any remedy you know

Getting rid of hiccups is no easy feat. Once your diaphragm starts involuntarily spasming, there’s little you can do to

Signs of ‘insect apocalypse’ could be linked to particular human-made structures

Insects are the most numerous group of animals on the planet. There are an estimated 5.5 million species, 80 percent

A ginormous arc of galaxies was just detected in the distant Universe

The Universe is a large place, and there are a lot of large things in it. Not just galaxies, but

First ‘murder hornet’ of 2021 has been found in the US, and it’s in a new area

A giant ‘murder hornet’ has just been found in a new part of the United States.  The dead insect was

Darwin made an error about sexual selection, new research reveals

Charles Darwin was a careful scientist. In the middle of the 19th century, while he was collecting evidence for his