A lava cave in Iceland is a tiny part of a vast, underground habitat found around the planetTOMMY AU PHOTO/Getty Images One moment Stefano Mammola is standing in a mossy forest overlooking northern Italy’s Po plain. The next, he has vanished...
August 19, 20242 min readThe ‘Confetti Illusion’ Makes Fruit Appear Riper Than It Really IsFruit seems riper when it is wrapped in a net that matches its optimal color, such as a really orangey orangeBy Katharina MenneFruits such as these...
August 19, 20242 min readNew Satellite Will Track Methane Super EmittersTanager-1 is the first in a series of satellites that aim to pinpoint major emitters of carbon dioxide and methane, major greenhouse gasesBy Sara Schonhardt & E&E NewsNatural gas is...
The sun is setting on 1.5°CTaro Hama @ e-kamakura/Getty Images Humanity’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, which has been totemic in climate policy for the past decade, is now almost certainly now out of reach....
Astrologists claim to be able to use the motion of the planets and stars to make predictions about people's lives, but a detailed study has found that they rarely even agree with each other Source link...
Where Do I Go?Go where the people are—and expect to spend a hell of a lot of time there. I started in houseless spaces that centered writing: the street newspaper, which had 95 percent homeless writers, and the creative writing...
Imagine sitting in the center of a firework that has just exploded. After the first flash of light and heat, sparks fly off in all directions, with some streaming together into fiery filaments and others fading quickly into cold, ashy...
August 19, 20242 min readComplex, Hidden Landscape Mapped a Mile under Greenland IceA new Greenland map suggests how geology might shift and twist below the iceBy Saugat BolakheFracture line on Greenland’s ice sheet. Jason Edwards/Getty ImagesScientists have been trying for...
August 19, 20246 min readBird Flu Is Infecting Pet Cats. Here’s What You Need to KnowAs bird flu spreads in cats, cows and other animals, it has more opportunity to adapt to easily infect humansBy Meghan Bartels For two and...
Mosquitoes have become part of a double-edged “war on disease” narrativeMariam Ghani/Indexical Films Dis-EaseMariam Ghani Distribution pending There aren’t many laugh-out-loud moments in Mariam Ghani’s documentary about our war on germs. But the sight of two British colonial hunters in former...
