Articles
01/16/19
These corals love the warming oceans
Japanese coral communities are expanding in response to warming temperatures, but the effects could be disastrous
Biology
Tufts University
01/15/19
Climate change is rotting away Greenland's cultural heritage
Archaeologists are moving as fast as they can, but the past is slipping away
Geology
Government of Greenland
01/09/19
Need to check your blood sugar? Just scan your contact lens.
Smart contact lenses could soon be monitoring health problems, not just correcting eyesight
Biochemistry
01/08/19
Climate is getting more extreme in every possible way
From precipitation to the carbon cycle to natural disasters, the outliers are now the norm.
Biostatistics
Vanderbilt University
01/03/19
Why is this huge group of deep sea octopus moms suffocating?
Year after year, stressed out broods of octopuses kept appearing. Biologists started getting curious
Environmental Microbiology
Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Science
12/20/18
Saliva is just what we needed to create a new malaria vaccine
The mistake mosquitos made? Leaving their spit behind
Neuroscience
University of Washington
12/18/18
Humanity's viral stowaway is now a defense against our greatest diseases
Engineered viruses may be the key to HIV and tuberculosis vaccines
Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12/17/18
The Next Human: Brain and Body as Connected Devices
Is there a difference if the tool is in our hand or if it is an implant in our brain?
Science Journalist
12/13/18
The world's oldest cave paintings were probably made by Neanderthals
For a long time, we thought our species were the only artists
Archaeology
New York University
12/06/18
100 vignettes that will make you excited to talk about the weather
Andy Revkin and Lisa Mechaley's book tells the history of weather, from the creation of the atmosphere to today
Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
12/05/18
Even corals deep down on the ocean floor can’t escape humanity's impact
Climate change, industrial fishing, offshore drilling, and deep sea mining are all threats to life at the bottom of the sea
Marine Biology
Florida State University
11/29/18
We're studying collapsed civilizations so that ours can endure climate change
Paleoclimatologists are digging into the connections between the collapse of Maya Civilization and extreme droughts
Geochemistry and Paleoclimatology
University of Waikato
11/26/18
Meet Annie Easley, the barrier-breaking mathematician who helped us explore the solar system
She overcame life-long racial discrimination to complete a long and impactful career at NASA
Biochemistry
Carnegie Mellon University
11/23/18
This mysterious substance is accelerating the expansion of our Universe
Join an Oxford cosmologist in an animated exploration of Dark Energy
11/21/18
Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide – and that’s not good
Reduced agrobiodiversity threatens the stability of our whole food system
Geography
Pennsylvania State University