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Are girls more social from birth? - video
Madeleine Finlay sits down with her co-host and Guardian science editor, Ian Sample, to discuss three science stories from the week, including a study that offers a clue in the ag…
High-tech canopy maps reveal how tropical birds use Amazon forests
Tropical forests may look like a uniform sea of green from above, but new research shows that carefully measured differences in forest structure and function can help explain how …
New tool closes gap in harnessing untapped potential of phages
A new tool to mutate bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—provides a "big leap" forward in our understanding of how they function and our ability to harness their full pote…
Indian Point Energy Center’s Uncertain Future
NY-17: Second in a series on the environmental stakes of one of the nation’s most fiercely contested congressional races. Nancy Vann’s resolve has become the subject of a local ji…
Years after storms, clean-up crews meticulously separate the sentimental from the wreckage
Across the country, lost-and-found networks seek to reunite objects with disaster survivors. The work can take years. In some cases, it's impossible to pick up all the pieces.
Why Germany Is Building an Ark for U.S. Climate Data
This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360. In a modern five-story building in the center of Hamburg, Germany, technicians are preparing to install several new “r…
Bacteria suspected in deaths of hundreds of baby whales off Argentina
A bacterial infection is suspected of killing hundreds of baby whales in the southern Argentine region of Patagonia, a marine mammal expert told AFP on Thursday.
Would you bet on the future of our planet?
Prediction markets are focusing on extreme weather and the climate crisis. But it’s led to questions about what exactly people are betting on• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to…
Friday briefing: How a grassroots film is turning climate anxiety into action
In today’s newsletter: The People’s Emergency Briefing delivers a stark warning about our future in a warming world. But sharing difficult truths collectively shows us that t…
‘We can’t ride this storm’: the English farmers facing uncertainty after sustainability funding runs dry
After the available money ran out after just six hours, some fear they will have to reverse efforts to boost natureOn Tuesday morning, farmer Peter Hatley logged on to his compute…
APOD: 2026 September 25 – Globular Star Cluster Omega Centauri
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 25 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the co…
Explosive Intensification for Hurricane Polo
Several ingredients came together off the Pacific coast of Mexico to generate one of the strongest storms the eastern Pacific basin has ever seen.
Cosmic lockdown: How the environment can isolate quantum fields
A simplified cosmological model suggests that decoherence can suppress quantum tunneling, effectively locking fields into the vacuum state they have reached.
Tracking the movement of plants
The flora of the Alps is changing: Species are moving to higher elevations, new plants are appearing and others are disappearing.
Elastic fantastic: The deadly fluid of pitcher plants
In the world of carnivorous plants, Venus flytraps—with their showy, snapping reflexes—have long hogged the limelight. But plants have many creative bug-capture strategies, from s…
Q&A: Grasslands in more diverse landscapes can suffer less from drought
During the heat wave of 2018, meadows and pastures also suffered from drought. Are grasslands in diverse landscapes more resilient to yield losses than those in monotonous regions…
Biodiversity in production forests: Both costs and benefits shape the financial picture
Forests provide timber as well as many other ecosystem services. An important question is how measures to conserve biodiversity affect the profitability of forest operations focus…
US-India satellite captures time-lapse video of volcanic eruption
Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on the Pacific coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. On July 30, 2025, an 8.8…
Changing counterions gives molecular materials new electronic behaviors
Orthogonally arranged π-electronic systems that combine electron-donating and electron-accepting units display distinctive electronic and photophysical behavior. Fine-tuning their…
Texas Electric Utility Only Considered Gas to Power $10 Billion Meta Data Center
EL PASO—While Texas officials have hit pause on data center permitting, one project is still moving ahead: Meta’s $10 billion, 1-gigawatt data center in northeast El Paso. Meta ha…
Coolest lava world yet with signs of an atmosphere offers clues to early Earth
In the search for extraterrestrial life, it makes sense to first look for rocky planets with an atmosphere, like Earth. Without an atmosphere, a planet can't have surface water. B…
Ningaloo Reef corals reveal early fall spawning window for two key species
Curtin University scientists have uncovered an important missing piece in the puzzle of how some coral reefs can recover from climate events, providing information that could help…
Hydrogen crosses, water stays: Palladium membrane enables ammonia synthesis using water
A South Korean research team has developed an environmentally friendly ammonia synthesis process that reduces carbon emissions using a membrane that selectively transports hydroge…
NASA Welcomes Côte d’Ivoire as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
Côte d’Ivoire signed the Artemis Accords on Thursday as the 75th signatory during a signing ceremony in the nation’s largest city Abidjan, marking the largest milestone yet for th…