Environment

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Giant Iceberg 3 Times The Size of NYC Is Loose — Where Will It Go?

ByKiona Smith
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Electricity Demand Is Surging — “Virtual” Power Plants Might Be the Forgotten Answer

ByThe Conversation and Daniel Cohan
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These Breath-Taking Cloud Formations Could Revolutionize Weather Tracking, New Research Uncovers

ByKatrin Meissner, Deepashree Dutta, Martin Jucker and The Conversation
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This Mysterious Plant “Hormone” Could Revolutionize Crop Growth

ByThe Conversation and Brad Binder
Science

This Ancient European Diet May Have Been Key To Longevity — Should We Bring it Back?

ByThe Conversation, Karen Hardy and Stephen Buckley
Science

When Will Fusion Power Our World? Physicists Might Finally Have An Answer

ByKnowable Magazine and M. Mitchell Waldrop
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A Monstrous Volcanic Eruption in Iceland Could Be Imminent — Why Meteorologists Are So Concerned

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
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This Easy, Lazy Science Hack Ditches Raking And Leaves Lawns Healthier

ByThe Conversation and Susan Barton
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Materials Scientists Just Created A “Living Material” That Eats Chemical Pollutants

ByThe Conversation, Jonathan K. Pokorski and Debika Datta
Space

Why Alien Life on "Triassic Worlds" Might be Easiest to Spot

ByKiona Smith
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New Genetic Study Reveals Sea Stars Are Just A Bunch of Heads Smushed Together

ByMiriam Fauzia
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El Niño Year Is Here — What This Phenomenon Really Means For Winter Weather

ByThe Conversation and Aaron Levine
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New Drone Technology Could Help Scientists Finally Understand How Tornadoes Form

ByThe Conversation and Carolyn Wilke
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This Novel Recyclable Polymer Might Finally Rid Us Of Our Plastic Addiction

ByThe Conversation, Katherine Harry and Emma Rettner
Review

The Strangest Sci-Fi Fantasy of the Year is an Urgent Warning About the Future

ByLyvie Scott
Health

How Long Does Wildfire Smoke Stay In Your Home? New Study Reveals the Answer

ByThe Conversation and Delphine Farmer
Science

Lithium-Ion Batteries Aren't Good Enough To Power A Renewable Future — This New Battery Could Be

ByThe Conversation, Storm William D Gourley and Drew Higgins
Space

NASA Image Reveals How The New El Niño Compares to Past Extremes

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

These Photos of 2023's Annual Solar Eclipse Are Simply Breathtaking

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Science

Ancient Tool Discovery Could Redefine a Chapter of Early Human History

ByThe Conversation and Shadreck Chirikure
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An Ancient Hominid Jaw Bone Is Revealing New Clues About Early Human Toolmakers

ByMiriam Fauzia
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Neanderthals Chowed Down On Big Cats, Ancient Lion Remains Show

ByMiriam Fauzia
Space

Scientists Just Found Evidence of the Most Powerful Solar Storm Ever

ByKiona Smith
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The World’s First Dog-Fox Hybrid Species Reveals A Hard Truth About Domestication

ByThe Conversation and Jacqueline Boyd
Space

One of the 10 Brightest Objects in the Sky is Now a Satellite — and More Are Coming

ByKiona Smith
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Scientists Finally Discovered The Mystery of the “Octopus Garden” Gathering Site

ByThe Conversation, Amanda Kahn and Jim Barry
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Trees Are Dying at Shocking Rates — Understanding How Could Ultimately Save Them

ByKnowable Magazine and Katarina Zimmer
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Scientists Go Pink Diamond Hunting — And Find A Prehistoric Surprise

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
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This 200-Year-Old Technology Could Revolutionize the Future of Heating

ByKnowable Magazine and Chris Baraniuk
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These Two States Were Once Considered Perfect Climates — Now They Are The Most At Risk

ByThe Conversation and Henry Knight Lozano
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Why the Evidence for Interstellar Materials Found on the Ocean Floor is Flimsy

ByMonica Grady and The Conversation
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Scientists Figure Out the “Hot Spots” Where Wildfire Prevention Would Do the Most Good

ByJamie Peeler and The Conversation
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Are There Still Places to Live to Escape Climate Change? This One Location is No Longer a Safe Bet

ByThe Conversation, Julie Arbit, Brad Bottoms and Earl Lewis
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Plastic-Eating Critters and Bacteria Could Solve a Huge Environmental Issue

BySandy Ong and Knowable Magazine
Reel Science

65 Years Ago, an Iconic Sci-Fi Monster Movie Imitated a Bizarre Real-Life Species

ByElana Spivack
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Microplastics Have Been Discovered in Whale and Dolphin Body Tissue

BySamantha Garrard and The Conversation
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Climate Flooding Could be Mitigated by an Animal-Inspired Low-Cost, Low-Tech Solution

ByCatherine Wilson, Elizabeth Follett, Valentine Muhawenimana and The Conversation
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What is a “Termination-Level Transition”? Why Earth May Be Headed to a Climate Crossroads

ByEuan Nisbet and The Conversation
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Geologists May Have Discovered a Huge, Ancient Asteroid Site That Triggered Mass Extinctions

ByAndrew Glikson and The Conversation
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Cats Use This Trick To Manipulate Their Humans — An Evolutionary Biologist Explains A Cat’s Meow

ByJonathan Losos and The Conversation
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Weather Engineering Could Short Circuit Intense Storms — But It Comes With Big Consequences

ByAaron Tang, Jack W. Miller, Mark Howden, Roslyn Prinsley, Thao Linh Tran and The Conversation
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Scientists Find a Possible Connection Between Climate Change and Earthquake Risk

ByMatthew Blackett and The Conversation
Science

Weeds May Be a Better Friend to Pollinating Insects Than We Assume

ByFrancis Ratnieks, Nick Balfour and The Conversation
Health

Why Is It So Hot Inside, Even With The AC On? An Architect Has The Surprising Answer

ByThe Conversation and Jonathan Bean
Health

Extreme Heat Is Wreaking Havoc On Our Mental Health — Can We Stop It?

ByMiriam Fauzia
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Scientists Crack the Case on How Diamonds Come Up from Deep Within Earth

ByThe Conversation and Thomas Gernon
Health

This One Type of Heat Could Be the Most Deadly to Human Health

ByThe Conversation and W. Larry Kenney
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Scientists Just Scanned the Brain of an Animal That’s Been Extinct for 87 Years

ByRodrigo Suarez and The Conversation
space

A New Finding About Early Earth Could Broaden the Hunt for Alien Life

ByKiona Smith
Science

Why We Get Recycling So Wrong

ByMichaela Barnett, Leidy Klotz, Patrick I. Hancock, Shahzeen Attari and The Conversation