
New York Times - 22 hours 12 min ago
Bleaching along Looe Key Reef off Florida's Big Pine Key in 2023.

Newser - 22 hours 37 min ago
Vincent van Gogh's most famous sky now has a likely date: July 22, 1889. A new study in Scientific Reports argues that The Starry Night captures the pre-dawn sky over France's Saint-R my-de-Provence on that morning, when a slim crescent moon, bright Venus, and the Hyades star cluster in Taurus would...

Ars Technica - 22 hours 56 min ago
Best case is now an overshoot to 1.8 C, accompanied by massive carbon removal.

Nature - 1 day 10 hours ago
From underwater speakers to growing super-corals, scientists battle to save reefs around the world.

Nature - 1 day 10 hours ago
Analysis of nearly 30,000 brain scans yields detailed timeline of how the brain matures and hints at the consequences of disrupting it.

Nature - 1 day 10 hours ago
Application of the high-precision technique is part of a clinical trial to treat a genetic disease that can cause liver and nerve damage.

The Conversation - 1 day 13 hours ago
What comes next for Chiricahua, now that is has been officially redesignated as America's 64th national park?...

Australian Geographic - 1 day 13 hours ago
Serious insulation and clever alpine detailing. The North Face builds a jacket for the world's coldest mountains. Unfortunately, we've run out of winter, so we give it a decidedly un-alpine but still chilly outing down the Snowy River. The post The North Face Summit Series Nuptse Jacket: Tested appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Australian Geographic - 1 day 13 hours ago
This is just one instalment of Australian Geographic 's Deadly Dictionaries column, produced by AIATSIS. Each instalment features a dictionary celebrating a different First Nations language, highlighting the work communities are undertaking with AIATSIS to reawaken and strengthen their languages. The post Deadly Dictionaries: Dhurga appeared first on Australian Geographic .

Smithsonian - 1 day 15 hours ago
One year after the species was reclassified from "endangered" to "least concern," green turtles in the western Indian Ocean exemplify that return and the subtleties a global designation can miss...

Retraction Watch - 1 day 16 hours ago
In a February 2018 editorial, Rod Rohrich, a plastic surgeon and the former president of the World Association of Medical Editors, blasted predatory journals for "the damage that these illegitimate open access journals do to the reputation of legitimate, credible ones." Two years later, he wrote about how his team at Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global … Continue reading Journal founded by plastic surgeon touts studies of products he's tied to including one that has...

Newser - 1 day 17 hours ago
The Orionids one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley's Comet will peak this week, though a large moon will dim visibility until after it sets late at night. During the peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning, it will be possible to see up to 20 meteors...

Newser - 1 day 18 hours ago
The mystery of who rests within a Roman sarcophagus found two centuries ago in the shadow of Westminster Abbey may have been solved. An archaeologist now argues that the skeleton found in a fourth-century Roman sarcophagus there does not belong to a Roman at all, but to a medieval abbot...

GeekSpin - 1 day 18 hours ago
A war in space could start within the next five years, pushing life back to the nineteenth century, experts warned this week at a London meeting organized by Astroscale UK, the British subsidiary of a company set up to clear debris from Earth’s orbit. Reflecting that concern, some British firms that were originally built for […] Read the original article here: A space war by 2031 could knock Earth back to the 1800s...

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 21 hours ago
Study after study shows that humans reliant on AI will misremember past events or even fabricate details completely.

The Conversation - 1 day 21 hours ago
An expert on AI governance explains why these rare mistakes may soon be common, and with much higher stakes.

The Conversation - 1 day 21 hours ago
The destructive 1982-83 El Ni o, then the strongest on record, eroded cliffs, leaving homes hanging precariously over the edges. A coastal scientist explains the escalating risks.

Popular Mechanics - 1 day 21 hours ago
A new analysis found fewer than half the prints came from adult men, leading to a shocking realization.

Huffington Post - 2 days 12 min ago
Beth Fuller is running in a GOP district, but says residents are worried about democracy being dismantled: "We don't want to live in a one-party system."...

Last Word On Nothing - 2 days 2 hours ago
Recently, while working through Suleika Jaouad's The Book of Alchemy with my mom, I encountered a new-to-me poetic form: the sestina. Jaouad's book is a collection of creative enticements from writers and artists, musicians and teachers, and we'd come across Ann Patchett's prompt, "The Mouse Sestina," in the midst of a particularly hectic time. It was still winter, […] The post A Sestina for Songbirds appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .