A transatlantic flight could turn Saharan dust into a major ocean nutrient
As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine […]
The cities of the Silk Road reached astonishing heights in the mountains of Central Asia
Two towering medieval cities built by mobile herders along Central Asia’s Silk Road trade routes have been hidden in plain
Discovery of key machine learning tools wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. The
Climate change fueled the fury of Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do
Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered
Astronomers have finally found an asteroid that keeps pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called
What causes rivers to suddenly change course?
Displacement is in the nature of a river. But when a river breaks from its channel and carves a new
Male mosquitoes sometimes suckle as well
Male mosquitoes can be almost as bloodthirsty as females under certain conditions, a new study suggests. This overturns the notion
Radioactive beams provide a real-time picture of cancer treatment in mice
Cancer-destroying particle beams have been caught red-handed. Particle beams can deliver a burst of destructive energy directly to tumors –
There is a new term for trying to master the wind
Wind ownership is available. As an unpaid intern at an energy company in England, Emilia Groupp spent two years creating
The cataclysmic origin of most of Earth’s meteorites has been found
Most of Earth’s meteorites can be traced back to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and