SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Applications 09/06/2026 367 views 7 likesFor decades, economic growth and fossil-fuel consumption have been tightly intertwined. As cities have expanded, rising prosperity has often been accompanied by worsening air pollution. New research, however, suggests that this relationship is changing –...

A period of unsettled weather brought scattered showers and thunderstorms to California’s Bay Area on May 27, 2026. That afternoon, a break in the clouds left downtown San Francisco and nearby communities beneath mostly cloud-free skies, allowing an astronaut...

This year's WWDC was a big one. Tim Cook took the virtual stage one last time to lead the company's announcements across all...

When MIT mechanical engineering Professor Kripa Varanasi landed in New Delhi in the middle of the night...

One of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies has implored the industry to pause development on AI, because the...

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What started off as a sci-fi horror turned into one of the best sci-fi comedies ever when it dropped 25 years ago. Being true to its title, Ivan Reitman's "Evolution" proves that nothing ever stays the same – including...

Some fossilized filaments are giving Earth’s first flying vertebrates a shiny new makeover. At least one species of pterosaur shimmered in iridescent greens and magentas, scientists report May 10 at bioRxiv.org. The discovery reshapes what we know about the fearsome...

Over half of the planet’s freshwater reservoirs will be “functionally dead” by 2060 due to sediment build-up, a study...

Available for over a yearMosquitoes are frequently called the world's deadliest insect. They kill more people every year than any other creature by spreading diseases like malaria, West Nile virus and Zika. In an effort to combat the disease...