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To understand climate change, look at it from a mussel's perspective
The phrase “climate change” triggers images of a huge, global phenomenon. Rising seas. Drought. Ocean acidification.But it's actually experienced on a much smaller scale, by individual plants, animals...
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Coke and Pepsi, gardening together in Mexican mountains to preserve urban water
The semiarid Mexican city of Monterrey has two major challenges with water: either there is not enough of it, or there's far too much.Improving and fixing the area’s infrastructure could cost billions....
View ArticleSay what! Humans in America '115,000 years earlier than thought'
High-tech dating of mastodon remains found in southern California has shattered the timeline of human migration to America, pushing the presence of hominins back to 130,000 years ago rather than just...
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The world's most eligible bachelor likes to eat grass and chill in the mud
Here's some news for the lovelorn.If you’ve ever used the dating app Tinder to meet interesting people, then maybe you’ve come across a handsome devil named Sudan who describes himself as "the most...
View ArticleAstronauts are baffled by Trump's space travel plans
American astronauts may be walking on Mars in the next eight years, or ideally the next four, if President Donald Trump has his way. But the new timetable has baffled experts in space travel. The...
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Watch these majestic reindeer in Norway make their summer migration
The annual migration of reindeer across Norway is a spectacle of nature. The majestic animals are currently moving from their southern winter grazing grounds to greener spring pastures.This year you...
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Between Saturn's rings: The Cassini spacecraft is sending back amazing images
Editor's note: This article originally appeared on NOVA Next.It’s been 20 years since NASA launched its Cassini spacecraft into our solar system, with the mysterious gas giant Saturn as its...
View ArticleHow criminals could ‘eavesdrop’ on your phone’s motion sensors, and steal...
Modern smartphones are full of sensors that can make the devices more intuitive — counting your steps, for example, or detecting when you’ve tilted your screen. But according to a new study published...
View ArticleThis pressurized, skirt-like machine helps keep astronauts fit
Many engineers spend their entire careers focused on a single area of research — say, the design of airplane components. Then there's Christine Dailey: Put simply, she's not your average engineer....
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A bold plan to slow the melt of Arctic permafrost could help reverse global...
Russian scientists Sergey Zimov and Nikita Zimov — they're a father-son duo — believe they can slow the thawing of the Siberian permafrost by bringing back grazing animals to a swath of land called...
View ArticleHarvey may have caught Texas by surprise, but other places have been getting...
We don't know how much the epic flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey in Texas has been influenced by human pollution of the atmosphere, but the storm has likely been worse than it would’ve been...
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After Harvey, hundreds find refuge in Houston-area mosques
President Donald Trump traveled to Texas on Tuesday to get an up-close look at the devastating damage caused by Tropical Storm Harvey.Unprecedented flooding has driven thousands out of their homes...
View ArticleFloods and landslides kill over 1,200 in South Asia
More than 1,200 people have been killed by flooding and landslides in northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh as intense rainfall has slammed the region for weeks. Tens of thousands of homes, schools and...
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Louisiana braces for heavy winds and rain as Harvey strikes again
Tropical Storm Harvey made a second landfall in Louisiana Wednesday five days after the monster storm slammed onshore as a Category Four hurricane, pummeling the US Gulf coast with torrential rains...
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Photos: Mumbai recovers from floods after the most rainfall in a more than a...
Mumbai, a coastal city of more than 20 million people, is the latest to be hit by floods that have ravaged South Asia this monsoon season, affecting millions of people across India, Nepal and...
View ArticleWorkers trapped by Harvey at a Mexican bakery feed a hungry Houston
Jorge Agundis was baking pan dulce on the overnight shift when the first rains of Hurricane Harvey began to fall. He says the water started to accumulate quickly — in 10 or 15 minutes. His thoughts...
View ArticleThe Dutch have advice on how Houston can plan for future flooding events
Tropical Storm Harvey made landfall again Wednesday in Louisiana, evoking painful memories of Hurricane Katrina's deadly strike 12 years ago, as more bodies were plucked from the subsiding floodwaters...
View ArticleNew research suggests wine first emerged 6,000 years ago — in Italy
Researchers have discovered that the oldest wine in the world may have been Italian, after finding traces of 6,000-year-old fermented grapes off the west coast of Sicily.A team of researchers studied...
View ArticleNow largely dry, Houston begins the tough work of recovery
Houston was limping back to life on Friday one week after Hurricane Harvey slammed into America's fourth-largest city and left a trail of devastation across other parts of southeast Texas."Most of the...
View ArticleWhat happened to the moon’s magnetic field?
The moon doesn’t have a magnetosphere, unlike Earth. The protective bubble shields our upper atmosphere from solar wind — and, it's what makes compasses point north. But billions of years ago,...
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