China’s giant sinkholes are protecting an endangered magnolia tree, but they may also be trapping its future
Haven or trap? Study finds sinkholes protect endangered tree at evolutionary cost China’s huge sinkholes,…
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Scientists discover 64,000 square miles of heat-resistant coral reefs across 71 countries that could help protect the world’s oceans for decades
A coral reef in the southern Andaman Sea, in Southeast Asia Cavan Images An international…
Chimpanzees climb hills, mongooses post guards and meerkats close ranks: Scientists reveal what animals do before going to war
Studies have shown that chimpanzee groups often rest on hilltops in places where conflicts with…
Quote of the day by Isaac Newton: “No great discovery was ever made without…” – why every breakthrough begins with the courage to explore the unknown |
Isaac Newton (Image: Wikipedia) Every major scientific breakthrough starts the same unglamorous way, with a…
Scientists played human voices near Alaska salmon streams and found that bears and eagles fled, disrupting how salmon nutrients move into forests
Caption: Top left: A cinnamon-colored black bear and her cub flee. Top right: Brown bears…
A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite crashed into a New Jersey home, and scientists found clues about the origins of life |
A small piece of space history arrived through the roof of a New Jersey house.…
Japan is building a system to beam wireless electricity from space directly to Earth: Inside the OHISAMA mission that could change how we power our homes |
Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP), a technology Japan is currently pioneering to ensure a sustainable future,…
In Massachusetts, sheep came to a solar farm looking for shade and ended up mowing the grass beneath the panels, turning clean energy land into a grazing site |
Across Massachusetts, an unusual partnership is bringing renewable energy and traditional farming together on the…
Scientists studied 30 Sierra Nevada ponds that can swing 20°C in a day. Shrinking snowpack may make them smaller, warmer and more nutrient-rich
Sierra Nevada pond during low- and high-snowfall years, showing how snow levels change the landscape.…
Japan’s abandoned rice fields are being restored into year-round wetlands to replenish groundwater and bring back frogs, dragonflies and endangered aquatic wildlife
A restored wetland area surrounded by our Natural Water Sanctuary. (Picture source: Suntory) For years,…