Science
Fossil fuel emissions rise again – but renewables boom offers hope for climate
Mark Poynting,Climate reporter and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondentReutersThe world's burning of fossil fuels is set to release more planet-warming carbon dioxide than ever before this year, new figures show.It is another sign that efforts to fight climate change by cutting...
Space
Fossil fuel emissions rise again – but China’s are levelling off
Worldwide fossil fuel emissions are set to rise 1.1 per cent in 2025, reaching another record high as humanity...
Environment
What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese scientist pleaded guilty to smuggling into the US?
A Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan who drew national attention in June 2025 when she was arrested and accused of smuggling a crop-damaging fungus into the U.S. pleaded guilty on Nov. 12,...
Life
Phil Sharp-Alnylam Fund for Emerging Scientists to support MIT biology graduate students and faculty
It’s no question that graduate school in fundamental research was never for the faint of heart, but...
Life
Is the future of education outside universities?
In 1907, US historian Henry Adams first started circulating a memoir that would go on to be a smash...
Life
The 19th-century maths that can help you deal with horrible coffee
Imagine you have a pot of coffee that amounts to two cups’ worth. It has been brewed badly, so...
Life
Smart new book takes an axe to the myth of human exceptionalism
The Arrogant ApeChristine Webb, Abacus, UK; Avery, US
IN THE beginning, God made man in his image, granting him dominion...
Science
New lightweight polymer film can prevent corrosion
MIT researchers have developed a lightweight polymer film that is nearly impenetrable to gas molecules, raising the...
Science
AI eavesdropped on whale chatter. It may have helped find something new
Dolphins whistle, humpback whales sing and sperm whales click. Now, a new analysis of sperm whale codas — a unique series of clicks — suggests a previously unrecognized acoustic pattern. The finding, reported November 12 in Open Mind, implies...
Environment
Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
If you’ve been following recent debates about health, you’ve been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs – but much less about one of the greatest threats to global...
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Israel strikes south Lebanon after first direct talks in decades
The Israeli military has carried out a new round of air strikes in southern Lebanon, less than a day...