Any delay in reaching net zero will influence climate for centuries
Ice collapsing into...
What’s the ‘coastline paradox’?
Flanked with fjords and inlets, Alaska is the state with the most coastline in the United States. But what is the length of...
‘A direct relationship between your sense of sight and recovery rate’: Biologist Kathy Willis...
The practice of forest bathing is a mindful, meditative experience where we allow our senses to become attuned to nature by spending time...
‘The prescription is nature’: How satellites can show us the healing effects of nature
Nature surrounds us, but as our cities and urban environments encroach ever further across green spaces, are we losing one of the most...
NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope sees ‘knots’ blasting from nearby black hole jets
Astronomers have scoured decades-old data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, finding bright, lumpy features dotting a jet of energy spit out by a...
Space Force’s mysterious X-37B begins ‘aerobraking’ to lower orbit. Here’s how it works.
The U.S. military's highly secretive X-37B space plane just got a little less mysterious.In a rare show of openness about the space plane's...
Do ostriches really bury their heads in the sand?
For centuries, people have claimed that, when faced with danger, ostriches (Struthio species) stick their heads in the sand to hide. This vivid...
How did the Concorde fly so fast?
The Concorde passenger jet set a record when it flew between New York City and London in 2 hours, 52 minutes, 59 seconds....
Forgetting may provide a surprising evolutionary benefit, experts say
Forgetting is part of our daily lives. You may walk into a room only to forget why you went in there — or...
Evolution quiz: Can you naturally select the correct answers?
First proposed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in the 1850s, the theory of evolution is now a cornerstone of modern science....