Why Investing in Fossil Fuels Is So Tricky
As concerns about climate change push the world economy toward a lower-carbon future, investing in oil may seem a risky bet. For the long term,...
AI Nirvana, Odyssey Anniversary, Brain Glue and More Mysterious News Briefly — April 9, 2021
Mysterious News Briefly — April 9, 2021 If you think ‘cuckoo’ wasps sounds scarier than ‘murder’ hornets, it’s time to worry – insect researchers in...
Living in a World in Which Nature Has Already Lost
SECOND NATUREScenes From a World Remade By Nathaniel RichOn average, an American man puts 85 man-made chemicals into his body every day, while an American...
Has the Era of Overzealous Cleaning Finally Come to an End?
When the coronavirus began to spread in the United States last spring, many experts warned of the danger posed by surfaces. Researchers reported that the...
Vaccinated Mothers Are Trying to Give Babies Antibodies via Breast Milk
In the first nine months of the pandemic, around 116 million babies were born worldwide, according to Unicef estimates. This left researchers scrambling to answer...
Sharon Matola, Who Opened a Zoo in the Jungle of Belize, Dies at 66
Sharon Matola’s life changed in the summer of 1981, when she got a call from a British filmmaker named Richard Foster. She had recently quit...
Kati Kariko Helped Shield the World From the Coronavirus
She grew up in Hungary, daughter of a butcher. She decided she wanted to be a scientist, although she had never met one. She moved...
Fifth Force of Nature Found Which Violates the Laws of Physics
A fifth force of nature has been found and it violates the laws of physics – why are we still in existence? “Muon g-2” sounds...
Una partícula diminuta podría alterar las leyes de la física
Cada vez hay más pruebas de que una diminuta partícula subatómica desobedece las leyes de la física tal y como las conocíamos, anunciaron los científicos...
U.S. Intelligence Report Warns of Global Consequences of Social Fragmentation
Income inequality could grow worse, the report said, tying it at times to information inequality.The “trust gap” between an informed public that has faith in...