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Over the last 485 million years, Earth has been both a lot colder and a lot hotter than once thought. A new temperature timeline that combines geologic data with computational …
Earth’s ancient ‘greenhouse’ conditions were hotter than thought Read More
TV stars and terrorists may appear to have little in common. But after watching YouTube videos by members of a violent terrorist organization, Yotam Ophir realized the two groups deploy …
This researcher studies how misinformation seeps into science and politics Read More
Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can …
A neutrino mass mismatch could shake cosmology’s foundations Read More
Electric vehicles promise to help wean us off of fossil fuels, but they introduce a new problem: how to get enough of the lithium that EV batteries require (SN: 5/7/19). …
A materials scientist seeks to extract lithium from untapped sources Read More
The ocean’s circulatory system may not be doing as poorly as previously thought. A vital ocean artery known as the Florida Current, a bellwether for the ocean’s ability to regulate …
A vital ocean current is stable, for now Read More
At age 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how lots of people were buying A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. …
How did dark matter shape the universe? This physicist has ideas Read More
Heat-related deaths in the United States are on the rise. But how bad will it be 20, 30 or 40 years from now? Scientists now have a clue. Currently, an …
Climate change could double U.S. temperature-linked deaths by mid-century Read More
It was as a Ph.D. student that Dionna Williams realized the fundamental flaws in how medical science treats people who have HIV and also use illicit drugs or misuse prescription …
HIV and illicit drugs are a bad mix. This scientist found an unexpected reason why Read More
An asteroid hurtling toward Earth could be deflected without a spacecraft ever touching it. The trick is using X-rays to divert the space rock, researchers report September 23 in Nature Physics. …
X-rays from nuclear blasts could defend Earth from asteroids Read More
It’s the rarest particle decay ever discovered. Scientists have clinched the case for a special type of decay of subatomic particles called kaons. Further study of the rare decay could …
Physicists just discovered the rarest particle decay ever Read More