More than 2,200 years ago, an ancient Greek scholar calculated the Earth’s circumference with a stick and the Sun |
More than 2,200 years before satellites, GPS and space missions revealed the Earth’s true size,…
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Japan created forest bathing as a public health idea in 1982, but 40 years of research have found a more complicated picture of how forests affect stress |
Forest bathing sounds like an ancient tradition, but it is actually younger than the personal…
A planet 48 light-years away has 3 key ingredients scientists seek: Rock, an atmosphere and the right temperature, does it have life?
This might be the closest humans have come to finding another planet that can support…
Japan built a ‘human refrigerator’ that cools your body in just 5 minutes, and it could transform how workers beat extreme heat |
A person demonstrates Japan’s TRUSCO Do Reimon Box, a walk-in cooling booth. As record-breaking heatwaves…
An invisible river above the Amazon carries enough water to equal 14 Mississippis, but scientists fear it could disappear |
High above the Amazon rainforest, invisible currents of water vapour move through the sky in…
Quote of the day by Alexander Graham Bell: Why “The inventor is a man who looks around upon..” celebrates the power of curiosity and innovation |
Every invention begins with a simple question: “Can this be made better?” The world’s greatest…
Quote of the day by Elizabeth Blackwell: Why “If society will not admit of woman’s..” is a timeless call for equality |
Progress is measured not only by scientific discoveries or economic growth but also by the…
Nearly 150 turtles washed ashore on a Canadian lake, but scientists found the real killer hiding in a brutal winter |
In April 2022, a routine field survey on a quiet Canadian lake turned into one…
The Gulf of Mexico grows a vast ‘dead zone’ every summer, but what happens beneath the water threatens far more than marine life |
Every summer, a vast stretch of the Gulf of Mexico transforms into what scientists call…
DNA from 457 koalas suggests the species nearly went extinct 100,000 years ago, before humans reached Australia
Koalas nearly went extinct before humans arrived, DNA study reveals A major genetic study has…