SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

For the first time, biologists have linked the ribbony “tails” streaming from big, green luna moths’ hind wings with, of all things, a cozy climate.Those dangling wing tails rank among such evolution-was-drunk novelties as the narwhal’s single unicorn tusk...

Ian Aikman & Emma RossiterBBC NewsThe ban on single-use vapes is unlikely to reduce the appeal of e-cigarettes to teenagers because re-usable models are so similar to disposables, the head of a campaign group has warned.Disposable vapes will be...

Written by Abigail Fraeman, Planetary Geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion LaboratoryEarth planning date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025We came in early this morning and learned that part of Tuesday’s plan didn’t execute on Mars due to a temporary issue with...

President Donald Trump walks onstage to speak to a crowd at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission on May 30, 2020. The mission was the first crewed launch of the SpaceX...

The nascent carbon dioxide removal industry expects to hit a milestone this year: 1 million tonnes of planet-warming CO2...

Things may be moving on Venus’ surface.In 1983, researchers discovered that the planet’s surface was speckled with strange, circular landforms. These rounded mountain belts, known as coronae, have no known Earthly counterparts, and they’ve remained enigmatic for decades. But...

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When powerful storms hit your city, which neighborhoods are most likely to flood? In many cities, they’re typically low-income areas. They may have poor drainage, or they lack protections such as seawalls.New Orleans’ Lower Ninth...

Grasses growing in the shade of a solar array were only a little less productive than those growing nearby in open grassland during years of average and above-average rainfall – but in a dry year,...

It was quite an experience, moving from the technicolour magical realism of Michel Nieva’s wild dystopia, Dengue Boy, to...