SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Neutrinos live in a lonely universe. Every second, millions of them pass through our planet, but they so rarely...

Starlink’s satellite constellation provides a reliable internet connection to almost anywhere on Earth, conferring an advantage on the modern...

Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren’t just growing – they are accelerating in places with intensive human activity, particularly where agriculture and expanding communities...

Scientists estimate that Earth is home to more than 100 million lakes. Among the most unusual is Lake Unter-See, one of Antarctica’s largest and deepest surface lakes, known for its distinctive water chemistry. Its ice-covered waters have exceptionally high...

“I’ve loved space for as long as I can remember,” says Palak Patel, a sixth-year doctoral student...

Hundreds of stranded dolphins in Argentina appear to have become trapped while escaping hungry orcas in a tragic lose-lose...

The Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed. Since the beginning of the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, oil tanker traffic through the world’s most critical oil shipping choke...

Just as Darwin’s finches evolved in response to natural selection in order to endure, the cells that...

Joseph Paradiso thinks that the most engaging research questions usually span disciplines. Paradiso was trained as a physicist and...

Genetic risk scores that summarise a person’s likelihood of getting certain health conditions can be exploited through mathematical tricks...