Your daily dose of science, research and AI stories
Your daily dose of science, research and AI stories
Earth and environment
Solar sails could boost space weather warnings
Can solar-powered sails protect Earth from invisible space storms traveling at 1,242 miles per second?
Why our neighbors’ alerts beat flood warning technology
When disaster strikes, your smartphone alert arrives fast—but your neighbor's warning call arrives faster and saves more lives.
Deep-sea mining promises may be fool’s gold
New research reveals deep-sea mining's promises of critical minerals and wealth may be environmental fool's gold.
Why left turns are traffic nightmares
Could the simple act of banning left turns make our roads safer and less congested?
Before T. rex, terrifying predators ruled Earth
Before T. rex ruled, sabre-toothed monsters hunted across Pangaea's scorching landscape – our distant ancestors.
Sea turtles carry tons of plastic waste
Sea turtles now carry our plastic waste—female green turtles collectively bear six tons, equivalent to a garbage truck.
The battle against invasive species never ends
When invaders thrive: The ecological chess game of invasive species in our globalized world.
Trees use the summer solstice as a calendar
Trees use the summer solstice as a cosmic timekeeper, orchestrating growth, leaf death, and synchronized seed production.
Emperor penguins face rapid decline as ice melts
Emperor penguins face extinction as climate change melts crucial sea ice, with populations declining faster than predicted.
Why people can’t stop feeding wild monkeys
Why do we feed wild monkeys despite the warnings? The answer reveals our complex relationship with wildlife.
