Are we in a 6th mass extinction?
If we continue on our current trajectory, the sixth mass extinction is inevitable and the times we're living through now will be part of that geological period.
Earthquakes may not be primary driver of glacial lake outburst floods
Glacial lakes form when meltwater is trapped behind a dam, usually glacial ice, bedrock or a type of moraine (terminal types being an unconsolidated pile of debris at the maximum extent of the glacier). When a dam fails, the resulting
Seismologists suspect earthquake on San Andreas Fault is imminent despite odd attenuation parameters
A trio of seismologists affiliated with Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley reports that a part of the San Andreas Fault, at Parkfield, is not producing signals that would suggest an earthquake
Scientists help link climate change to Madagascar's megadrought
A University of California, Irvine-led team reveals a clear link between human-driven climate change and the years-long drought currently gripping southern Madagascar. Their study appears in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science.
'Nobody saw this coming'; California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu
As the avian flu continues to threaten poultry farms and wildlife, are factory farms a sitting duck?
Broken and unreliable EV chargers become a business opportunity for L.A.'s ChargerHelp
The women who started ChargerHelp are driven to succeed and to train a workforce of people who are often overlooked. They're also addressing a major issue with EV charging in California: reliability.
Unraveling Dark Energy and Cosmic Expansion With an 11-Ton Time Machine
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), mounted on a telescope in Arizona, has created the largest 3-D map of the cosmos, mapping over 30 million...
7,200 Years Ago: How Neolithic Shepherds Navigated the Complexities of Early Agriculture
At the dawn of the Neolithic era, herding communities in the Southern Iberian Peninsula adopted various livestock management tactics, altering breeding, feeding, and migration practices...
Groundbreaking Study Reveals Autism’s Genetic Triggers and Therapeutic Hope
Japanese scientists uncover the genetic basis of autism through a study on KMT2C haploinsufficiency in mice, revealing the therapeutic promise of vafidemstat in treating ASD-related...
Unlocking the Universe: Kerr-Enhanced Optical Springs for Next-Gen Gravitational Wave Detectors
Tokyo Tech’s development of Kerr-enhanced optical springs significantly boosts gravitational wave detectors’ sensitivity, enabling better detection of cosmic events and advancing our understanding of the...
What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
This exciting field of computer science focuses on technologies that mimic human intelligence — with AI systems becoming way more prevalent in recent years.
'Most of Gorongosa's large animals had died': How an African paradise for nature recovered from the ravages of war
In this excerpt from the beautiful book "Rewild the World at Bedtime" by Emily Hawkins and illustrator by Ella Beech, we discover how one of Mozambique's most diverse national parks recovered from the devastating effects of war.
3 pervasive myths about supplements, as explained by an expert
They act kind of like drugs, but they aren't regulated like them.