2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (509+ words) Brigid Lynch was walking through a redwood forest in the San Mateo County hills when she noticed something unusual, half-submerged in the flowing water through a creek: a big smooth object that didn’t look like any of the other rocks....

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (484+ words) A rare sighting of a bigfin squid near an underwater mountain off California is the first confirmed live observation of the bizarre animal in the northeastern Pacific, researchers say. A bizarre squid has been filmed haunting the northeastern Pacific Ocean…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (563+ words) Astronauts who undergo long-duration spaceflight aboard the International Space Station often return with health problems that resemble some age-related conditions in people on Earth. Remarkably, some of this decline reverses within months of their return but others persist. This raises…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (167+ words) The project offers different levels of complexity: Climate Detectives Kids – for teams of younger learners (recommended for 5 to 13 years old) to complete fun, hands-on activities and earn badges. Climate Detectives Teens – for teams of older students (recommended for 14 to 19 years…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (805+ words) For decades, engineers have been working to create smaller and smaller transistors to fit ever-larger numbers of them onto computer chips, all in the name of greater processing power. Now, in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), that effort has…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1535+ words) In the context of marine ecosystems being increasingly impacted by climate change, rising sea temperatures, environmental fluctuations, and resource exploitation, regular monitoring of coral reef status is particularly important for biodiversity conservation. However, for offshore areas, especially large-scale regions like…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (475+ words) A slow but powerful natural climate process may be getting a high-tech boost as researchers explore whether engineered bacteria can accelerate the breakdown of rocks, potentially speeding a natural pathway that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. On Aug. 28, 2026, Phys....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1259+ words) A leading United Nations agency stands accused of issuing a “call to apathy, not to arms”, with a report that confirms humanity will overshoot the 1.5°C global warming threshold in the 2015 Paris climate agreement but understates the potential to phase…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1010+ words) Almost every aspect of our food system will be transformed by climate change. As the planet warms, our environment will be transformed, but so will our bodies. In this series, we investigate the health impacts of climate change, focusing on…...