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When the Trump administration last year sought to freeze construction of offshore wind farms by citing concerns about interference with military radar and sonar , the implication was that these were new issues. But for more than a decade, the United States, Taiwan, and many European countries have successfully mitigated wind turbines' security impacts. Some European countries are even integrating wind farms with national defense schemes. "It 's not a choice of whether we go for wind...
Early hunter-gatherers in southern Africa may have been doing more than just decorating their makeshift water bottles. A new study in the journal PLOS One suggests that engravings on 60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells which were used to hold water show a grasp of basic geometry, reports Smithsonian Magazine . Researchers analyzed...
Scientists don't know much about how insects spend their time, but it's well worth finding out. Insects play key roles in food webs and pollinate our crops, and social insects have a lot to teach us about the basics of friendship formation and communication. An ultralightweight radio-frequency tag designed to be worn by a paper wasp may help scientists get a glimpse at some basic behavioral information that's long been missing: where do the animals go when they leave the nest? The tag...
The answer has to do with the air we breathe and that bright white snowpack, as an atmospheric scientist in Colorado explains.
Donald Trump has ordered the release of files related to aliens, UAP, and UFOs. If previous disclosures are any indication, get ready for a letdown.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a national public health leader by staking out science-backed policies in contrast with the Trump administration.
The MAHA movement is recasting the term developed in the 1980s to help protect patients against paternalistic medicine in service of its own agenda.
Last Word On Nothing - 21 hours 54 min agoTomorrow, I fly down to the Magellanic penguin colony at Punta Tombo, Argentina, to apply some small tracking tags to penguins before they set off on their journeys north. I wrote this post a few years ago at the end of the same sort of trip, and I’m very much looking forward to seeing the […] The post Redux: The Molt appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .
Australian Geographic - 1 day 1 hour agoA UNESCO-recognised WA biosphere reserve is in ruins after fire, yet the catastrophe has barely rated a national headline. The post Fitzgerald River: Australia's burning secret appeared first on Australian Geographic .
Discover Magazine - 1 day 1 hour agoLearn how fossils from Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park revealed that a Late Triassic crocodile relative may have started life on four legs before walking on two as an adult.
"We can construct it."...
Researchers found the first statistically significant evidence that global warming is accelerating. It's been topic of intense scientific inquiry for years.
Nature - 1 day 5 hours agoA new principal investigator wants to help PhD students to develop resilience and creativity in the laboratory without hovering or doing the work for them.
Nature - 1 day 5 hours agoAn eclectic book asks how humans have shaped these queer' landscapes and how they can be restored.
Nature - 1 day 5 hours agoProteins assume complex 3D shapes even faster than does DNA, which is a simpler molecule.
If you just waved enthusiastically at a total stranger, science has some advice: chuckle, don't cringe. A series of six experiments involving more than 3,000 people, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , found that when someone responds to a harmless gaffe by laughing at themselves, observers...
Small size seems to have come before a change in diet for a tiny dinosaur lineage.
It breaks the rules.
A superbloom in Death Valley National Park this year is the most spectacular in a decade. It's a result of extra rain in the fall and early winter.
A recent study suggests that left-handed people have an advantage in competitive contexts, while righties tend to cooperate better.
Campaigners say the eco-system rarity does not have enough legal protection.
Bristol Water is using ancient hedge laying techniques to improve biodiversity near Blagdon lake.
Scrolling on your phone while sitting on the toilet might be doing more harm than you think. A new study found that people who use smartphones during bathroom visits had a 46% higher risk of hemorrhoids compared to those who don't. Researchers discovered that phone users tend to spend significantly longer on the toilet, often getting distracted by news or social media, which may increase pressure on anal tissues.
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