Economic benefits of protecting nature now outweigh those of exploiting it, global data reveal
The economic benefits of conserving or restoring natural sites "outweigh" the profit potential of converting them for intensive human use, according to the largest-ever...
Research shows we’re surprisingly similar to Earth’s first animals
The earliest multicellular organisms may have lacked heads, legs, or arms, but pieces of them remain inside of us today, new research shows.
According to...
Most distant quasar with powerful radio jets discovered
overed and studied in detail the most distant source of radio emission known to date. The source is a "radio-loud" quasar—a bright object with...
‘Fungal ghosts’ protect skin, fabric from toxins, radiation
The idea of creating selectively porous materials has captured the attention of chemists for decades. Now, new research from Northwestern University shows that fungi...
New study suggests humans evolved to run on less water than our closest primate...
When you think about what separates humans from chimpanzees and other apes, you might think of our big brains, or the fact that we...
Greenland ice loss may have begun as early as the mid-’80s
The amount of snow falling on Greenland's glaciers may have been less than the water lost through icebergs calving and melting since at least...
Rare earth unlocks copper, gold and silver secrets
A study by Monash scientists has found that a rare earth affects the fate of a key reaction with copper, gold, silver, and uranium...
The story of polar aurora just got much bigger: Unknown magnetospheric mechanisms revealed
A critical ingredient for auroras exists much higher in space than previously thought, according to new research in the journal Scientific Reports. The dazzling light...
Life’s rich pattern: Researchers use sound to shape the future of printing
Researchers in the UK have developed a way to coax microscopic particles and droplets into precise patterns by harnessing the power of sound in...
Coastal changes worsen nuisance flooding on many US shorelines, study finds
Nuisance flooding has increased on U.S. coasts in recent decades due to sea level rise, and new research co-authored by the University of Central...
Comet Catalina suggests comets delivered carbon to rocky planets
Comets delivered carbon to rocky planets, and an icy visitor from the edge of our solar system hurtled past Earth in early 2016 to...
