Research, Space & Discovery
Faced with another summer when wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of land and blankets of smoke have disrupted daily life nationwide, Canada is trying to limit the annual devastation.
Press release, EurekAlert!The global rise inobesityand population aging represents a major public health challenge, with growing evidence suggesting that excess body fat...
A brilliantly simple grab-and-go solar mount that finds and follows the sun for you, Sky-Watcher’s SolarQuest is perfect for small-scope solar astronomy and solar eclipses.
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Scientists have generated quantum entanglement directly from sunlight, potentially offering a lower-energy alternative to the lasers normally used in quantum technology. Their outdoor experiment produ...
You can spend every day surrounded by other people and still feel lonely. You can also spend long periods alone without finding the experience distressing.
Eli Kronenberg , The DispatchThere's no way around it: America is getting older.The country's
A tiny greenish, nocturnal frog that thrives in coffee plantations has been discovered in Costa Rica's central Pacific region, where it also faces risks from agrochemicals used in farming.
D.T. Max, National GeographicThis past April,in a nondescript examining room in Glendale, California, molecular biologist David Sinclair...
For the first time, researchers have discovered that the same silver (Ag) nanocatalyst operates at different reaction sites depending on whether a solid oxide cell is generating electricity or produci...
Buck InstituteWhy do women, on average, live longer than men, yet often face a greater burden of chronic disease later in life? Why do some of the most fertile animals in nature, including...
Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington PostThere was a time when bookstores devoted entire shelves to brain fitness even though no one really called it that. Crossword collections. Sudoku. Memory...
Ali Barzegar, iaiSome physicists such as Sean Carroll argue that the entire universe can be described as just a quantum wave function, the basic mathematics underlying quantum mechanics....
Conor Dillon & Gabriel Borrud, DWMaking sperm is, in large part, what testosterone is for. Which is why it is ironic when a man who doesn't need it starts taking it anyway: His brain...
Hamid Merchant, The ConvVitamins in pregnancy are usually discussed in terms of a baby's health at birth. But could the amount of vitamin D taken during pregnancy also influence how a...
Phil Plait, Scientific AmericanHumans are linear thinkers.That is, when we think of numbers, we tend to do so in a linear sense: 1 + 1 = 2, the difference between integers is a...
Andrew Paul, Popular ScienceArchaeologists in western Turkey recently discovered a detailed account of 1,600-year-old tax fraud so brazen that
Beth Mole, Ars TechThe White House is drafting an executive order on the disproven link between vaccines and autism, according to independent reports from
Andrew Bartlett, AeonHow do you go about capturing a monster? The search for Bigfoot, or Sasquatch - often referred to as Bigfooting - may sound like a whimsical endeavour: an activity of...
Josh Bloom, ACSHApparently, beef tallow isn't just good for frying potatoes or replacing those murderous seed oils anymore.The geniuses on TikTok are