Climate change has already increased the frequency and severity of hurricanes and other extreme weather events around the world. But there’s a smaller, less splashy threat...
Peru has the highest number of COVID deaths per capita, by far. For every 100,000 of the population, 596 have died of COVID. This is almost...
Phosphine gas detected in the atmosphere of Venus could have a volcanic origin after all, new research has found. An analysis of potential volcanic activity on...
A binary star just 1,500 light-years away is spiraling towards a spectacular doom. HD265435 consists of a type of dead star called a white dwarf and...
Antarctica may seem like a static environment: a still, white landscape frozen motionlessly into place. But much more is going on under the ice than we...
Our guts are fabulous places, filled with a myriad of microbes. These tiny life forms help us with everything from fermenting fiber to feeling full. But their effects...
These days it seems you can’t walk through a bookstore without bumping into a book or magazine pointing out the negative consequences of climate change. Everything...
A 90-year-old Belgian woman who died from COVID-19 in March contracted both the UK and South African strain simultaneously, researchers said at a press conference on Sunday. Her case,...
Virgin Galactic has launched, flown, and landed its first full crew, positioning the company to start commercial tourist flights to the edge of space in 2022. Billionaire Richard Branson, who...
Endometriosis is not a ‘career woman’s disease’, as it used to be known, but it very much does impact the careers of women. A two-year-long study...