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Fast fashion has a devastating impact on the environment. Here’s what you need to know before heading to Zara this holiday season.
Those silky tea bags might be releasing plastics into your digestive system.
In 2020, we experienced the shortest ‘day’ in 50 years. Here’s the reason why. On the timescales that humans experience, there are lots of things that we consider to be extremely […]
Avi Loeb says it’s aliens. Every other astronomer disagrees. Here’s why. In 2017, an astronomical event occurred that was unlike any other: for the first time, we observed an object that […]
As a doctor, I am reminded every day of the fragility of the human body, how closely mortality lurks just around the corner.
The world isn’t ending! But we are likely at the beginning of a profound transformation.
A new study has identified 12 times as many viral populations as previous research.
Until about a decade ago, only two habitable zone planets of any size were known to astronomers: Earth and Mars.
One often-neglected result of climate change is ocean acidification. If this process continues, we may start to see fewer fish and more jellyfish.
In 1789, William Herschel discovered this unique moon around Saturn. 230 years later, its secrets are more promising than ever. Today marks the 230th anniversary of the discovery of Enceladus, one […]
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but no one is entitled to their own facts. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but no one is entitled to their own […]
The 17-year-old climate activist gets a lot of criticism online. Which of those critiques hold water?
When searching for extraterrestrial life, astronomers may want to look at planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres.
It marks another milestone in SpaceX’s long-standing effort to make spaceflight cheaper.
Neither one reflects the other; they’re both blue for entirely different reasons. If you’ve ever been curious about the world you live in, you’ve probably wondered why the sky is […]
Humpbacks swap songs at remote group of islands in the South Pacific.
How many potentially habitable planets are there? We sincerely don’t know. One of the most compelling scientific goals humanity has set for itself is to find extraterrestrial life: biological activity originating […]
Have we always had quantum fields in the Universe? Or did they emerge at some finite time? No matter how we look at the Universe — at low temperatures or ultra-high energies, from […]
Today’s agriculture workers face 21 days of heat that exceed safety standards. That number will double by 2050.
The new fossil offers insight into when whales returned to the oceans millions of years ago.
Dinosaurs never left Earth, but they still traveled millions of miles through the Milky Way galaxy.
The two planets most suited for habitability had very different fates. At last, scientists know why. Imagine the early days of our Solar System, going back billions of years. The Sun […]
Black holes are the darkest objects of all. But are they made of dark matter? When it comes to the Universe, few objects are more compelling, fascinating, or extreme than black […]
In 2006, the IAU demoted Pluto. Here’s what we know today. In 2006, the last planet in our Solar System suffered an unforgettable insult, as Pluto — known for generations as our ninth […]
Although everyone knows that coal-based energy is a thing of the past, declarations about nuclear power plants somehow do not want to enter into force.
Two Apollo 11 astronauts question NASA’s planetary safety procedures.
Infidelity, an inherently selfish behavior, has been analyzed by researchers to help us understand why people cheat in relationships.
There could have been life on Mars in the past, but that’s only the beginning of the story. For as long as humanity has been watching the skies, we’ve been fascinated […]