The iconic star Polaris appears to be much younger than its true age. The secret: it’s eating another star The iconic star Polaris appears to be much younger than its true age. The secret: it’s eating another star Scientific American Content: Global
A cost-effective pollution solution on Cape Cod could start in the bathroom. A cost-effective pollution solution on Cape Cod could start in the bathroom. Scientific American Content: Global
Just watching someone scratch themselves on social media switches on the brain network that initiates the physical sensation of itch Just watching someone scratch themselves on social media switches on the brain network that initiates the physical sensation of itch Scientific American Content: Global
Using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and the Long Baseline Array (LBA), astronomers have observed a black hole low-mass X-ray binary known as Swift J1727.8-1613. As a result, they found that the system hosts a highly extended and bright relativistic jet. The finding was detailed in a paper published May 20 on the pre-print…
Activists pushing San Diego to take over the city’s investor-owned utility aren’t letting last year’s defeat of a similar effort in Maine deter their goal of establishing a nonprofit power company. They recently submitted petitions bearing more than 30,000 signatures from residents who want the City Council to let voters decide the matter this fall….
Scientists have discovered that the most widely-used class of antifungals in the world causes pathogens to self-destruct. The University of Exeter-led research could help improve ways to protect food security and human lives. Scientists have discovered that the most widely-used class of antifungals in the world causes pathogens to self-destruct. The University of Exeter-led research could…
Globally recognized companies—from oil and gas majors to the banking sector and tech—are contributing to greenwashing by snapping up vast quantities of “likely junk” carbon offsets, a watchdog warned Thursday. Globally recognized companies—from oil and gas majors to the banking sector and tech—are contributing to greenwashing by snapping up vast quantities of “likely junk” carbon offsets,…
International climate negotiations have long been haunted by a broken promise. In the wake of collapsed negotiations at the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009, wealthy nations, led by the United States, pledged to provide developing countries with $100 billion in climate-related aid annually by 2020. The money was meant in part to…
An Indian court has urged the government to declare a national emergency over the country’s ongoing heat wave, saying that hundreds of people had died during weeks of extreme weather. An Indian court has urged the government to declare a national emergency over the country’s ongoing heat wave, saying that hundreds of people had died during…
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp called for more new nuclear energy at an event Wednesday celebrating the first new nuclear reactors built in the U.S. in decades, at Plant Vogtle near Augusta, Georgia. The construction of those reactors, known as Vogtle Units 3 and 4, cost more than twice its original budget and ended years behind…