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Climate Change Made India and Pakistan's Intense Spring Heat Wave More Likely
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL/AP
Congress is Finally Taking UFOs Seriously, 50 Years After Its Last Hearing on the Mysterious Subject
By Jeffrey Kluger
Astronomers Capture First Image of Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy
By Jeffrey Kluger
Scientists Grow Plants in Soil from the Moon. Lunar Farming Could Be Next.
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Climate Change Will Make Droughts Longer, More Common, Says UN
“We need to steer towards the solutions rather than continuing with destructive actions"
By WANJOHI KABUKURU / AP
May 11, 2022
Earth has a 50% Chance of Hitting Key 1.5°C Warming Threshold in the Next 5 Years
“We’re going to see continued warming in line with what is expected with climate change"
By SETH BORENSTEIN / AP
May 10, 2022
More Cosmic Saber-Rattling From Russia's Space Boss
Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, says his country will dissolve its partnership in space with the U.S. over Western sanctions
By Jeffrey Kluger
May 6, 2022
Early Transgender Identity Tends to Endure, Study Suggests
The new study is one of the largest to look into the issue of childhood transgender identity and its longevity
By LINDSEY TANNER / AP
May 4, 2022
NASA's Far-Flung Space Fleet Is Getting a Few Extra Years to Explore the Cosmos
Eight lucky spacecraft will get to press on
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 29, 2022
Carlo Rovelli Would Like to Explain the Universe
It’s a very good thing Carlo Rovelli did not get eaten by a bear in 1976—though even he admits it would have been his own fault. Camping alone in western Canada, he decided to save...
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 28, 2022
The World’s Steel Comes at a Steep Climate Cost. A Swedish Company is Trying to Change That.
“If we have the chance to really solve the root cause of the real problem, why not do that?”
By Alejandro de la Garza
April 28, 2022
The New Science of Forgetting
A baby zebrafish is just half the size of a pea. A recent look inside its transparent brain, however, offers clues to the far bigger mystery of how we remember—and how we forget. In an...
By Corinne Purtill
April 28, 2022
The Hunt for Life on Jupiter's Moon Europa Just Got a Little Easier
Thanks to a clue from Greenland, of all places
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 21, 2022
Psilocybin Could be a Therapeutic Breakthrough For Addiction
To the uninitiated, psilocybin—the substance that gives ‘magic mushrooms’ their psychedelic qualities—could be dismissed as a recreational drug. Like many other psychedelics, it is banned by the U.S. government as a Schedule 1 substance, meaning...
By Tara Law
April 18, 2022
NASA's Mega Moon Rocket Is Flunking Its Dress Rehearsal
Built for the moon, but stuck on the ground
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 15, 2022
The First Private Crew Blasts Off for the Space Station
10 days in space—at $55 million per seat
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 8, 2022
We Have Enough Climate Tech. What We Need is Political Will
As IPCC climate scientists make clear, politicians must help scale up existing technologies to avert catastrophic climate change
By Alejandro de la Garza
April 7, 2022
Climeworks Raises $650 Million to Scale Up Carbon Capture Technology
Most scenarios that keep global warming within 1.5°C will require removing some carbon that’s already been dumped into the atmosphere
By AKSHAT RATHI / BLOOMBERG
April 5, 2022
Vegan Documentarian Tells the Inside Story of Lab-Grown Meat
Liz Marshall’s Meat the Future charts the birth of a new technological innovation that grows meat from stem cells instead of animals
By Aryn Baker
April 5, 2022
The New IPCC Report Was Delayed As Scientists Debated Reliance On Carbon Capture
The U.N. climate body admits the 1.5°C target set under the Paris Agreement now looks unlikely
By Ciara Nugent
April 4, 2022
The Hubble, About to Be Outclassed, Is Still Making Record-Setting Discoveries
The aging telescope spotted a star that's a staggering 12.9 billion years old
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 1, 2022
The Age of the Private Space Station Is Upon Us
It was all smiles and thumbs-up on March 30, at 5:28 PM local time, when NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov thumped down in the steppes of Kazakhstan...
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 1, 2022
The Human Genome Is Finally Fully Sequenced
Researchers are excited by the potential it holds
By Alice Park
March 31, 2022
Sarah Al Amiri: 'Our Differences Bring About Great Innovation'
Sarah Al Amiri knows the importance of cultivating diversity in science. Indeed, she assembled a team that included 80% women to help the United Arab Emirates, a nation of fewer than 10 million people, join...
By Nik Popli
March 28, 2022
Looking for a New Planet? How About 5,000 of Them?
Countless new places for life to emerge
By Jeffrey Kluger
March 25, 2022
Astronomy's Environmental Toll Is Surprisingly High. But There Are Ways to Clean It Up
Sky gazing does not come for free
By Jeffrey Kluger
March 21, 2022
The Fight to Save the Embattled Monarch Butterfly
In the depths of the Californian winter, an ember of hope has flickered for the monarch butterfly, the charismatic and beloved visitor that has seemingly been on a graceful descent into oblivion. The annual mass...
By Oliver Milman
March 21, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope Took Its Best Picture Yet
An ordinary star produces an extraordinary image
By Jeffrey Kluger
March 18, 2022
Russia's War Could Cause Environmental Disasters in Ukraine
A chemical spill or nuclear accident could be catastrophic
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 18, 2022
Chernobyl Experts Say Russia Could Set Off a Nuclear Disaster
"Such behavior does not even fit into our understanding of the world"
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 17, 2022
Pfizer Halts Clinical Trials in Russia But Will Continue to Supply Medicine
Pfizer will donate all profits from its Russian subsidiary to Ukraine relief causes
By TIMOTHY ANNETT / BLOOMBERG
March 14, 2022
The Singing Penis, The Masquerading Clitoris, and Other Sex Secrets of the Animal World
Evolution got especially creative when it came to sex
By Emmanuelle Pouydebat
March 14, 2022
NASA's New Budget Means it Won't Be Going Back to the Moon Anytime Soon
It simply isn't getting the cash it needs to build the necessary hardware
By Jeffrey Kluger
March 11, 2022
Ukraine’s Conflict Has Rippled All the Way to the Arctic
The conflict in Ukraine has far reaching consequences for climate change and the Arctic
By Aryn Baker
March 9, 2022
The Amazon Rainforest is Speeding Toward Climate 'Tipping Point' Within Decades
A new study warns the Amazon could become a dry savanna within a few decades
By ERIC ROSTON / BLOOMBERG
March 7, 2022
The Alternative to Burial or Cremation That Few Know Of
'Any other option would have caused more pain,' says John Garretson, whose son's body was dissolved via aquamation, a rarely used alternative to flame cremation or burial
By Melissa Chan
March 7, 2022
Why Russia (Probably) Won't Crash the Space Station
It's an empty threat, but Moscow's invasion has consequences for space nonetheless
By Jeffrey Kluger
February 28, 2022
IPCC Report: Window to Adapt to Climate Change Closing Fast
After decades of failure to stop emissions rising, a landmark new report released Monday from the United Nations' climate-science body warns that the impacts of climate change are here and now humans need to accelerate...
By Kyla Mandel and Justin Worland
February 28, 2022
Sarah Al Amiri: The Woman Who Took the U.A.E. to Mars
Next up: a mission to Venus and an asteroid landing
By Jeffrey Kluger
February 24, 2022
Home Births Rose During the Pandemic
Planned home births account for a tiny but growing share of U.S. births
By Tara Law
February 11, 2022
Solar Storm Knocks 40 SpaceX Satellites Out of the Sky, After the Company Ignored Scientists' Warnings
Let’s start with the good news: There is no danger to anyone on the ground from the flock of 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites that are currently plunging from orbit and heading for Earth, knocked from...
By Jeffrey Kluger
February 10, 2022
Why 2022 Olympic Bronze Medalists Are Happier Than Silver Medalists
With the Beijing Winter Olympics upon us, Team USA has made clear that it is approaching this year’s Games with a special emphasis on the mental health of its athletes. This perhaps comes as no...
By John A. List
February 10, 2022
NIH Director Francis Collins is Leaving With a Warning for Some Politicians
Before he stepped down on Dec. 19, Dr. Francis Collins was the longest-serving director of the National Institutes of Health since presidents began to appoint them. Installed by President Obama in 2009, he served under...
By Belinda Luscombe
February 4, 2022
A Bomb Cyclone Threatens to Bring Blizzards Along Atlantic Coast. Here's What That Is.
An expert explains what a bomb cyclone is as a powerful Nor'easter winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow to New York and Boston.
By BRIAN K. SULLIVAN AND NAUREEN S. MALIK/BLOOMBERG
January 28, 2022
China’s 5-Year Plan is a Blueprint for the Future of Meat
China's new 5-year plan includes meat grown from stem cells, no slaughter required
By Aryn Baker
January 27, 2022
Americans’ Gas Stoves Are as Bad for Climate as 500,000 Cars
Researchers found surprising amounts of heat-trapping methane and nitrous oxides seeping from gas stoves—pollutants that can trigger asthma and other breathing problems
By DAVID R. BAKER / BLOOMBERG
January 27, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope Is in Position—And Now We Wait
It'll be a few more months before it starts peering into the early days of the universe
By Jeffrey Kluger
January 26, 2022
Farmers Globally Need to Prepare for Serious Cash Crop Disruption
Scientists unpack how rising temperatures will upend where avocados, cashews and coffee grow
By Aryn Baker
January 26, 2022
Is There Life on Mars? A New Study Offers Tantalizing Clues
The key is in the carbon
By Jeffrey Kluger
January 20, 2022
How Our Minds Keep Our Emotions From Getting Out of Control
In September 1965, James Stockdale was a naval wing commander on his third tour of combat duty over North Vietnam. Flying just above the treetops at nearly 600 miles-per-hour, his A-4 Skyhawk jet ran into...
By Leonard Mlodinow
January 20, 2022
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