In the 10 years since the signing of the Paris Agreement, the backbone of international climate action, humanity has made impressive progress. Renewable energy is increasingly cheap and reliable, while electric vehicles are becoming better every year.
By virtually every key metric used to measure…
Earth was a broiling mass of lava and rock before it took the form that it has today, and scientists have for the first time discovered traces of that very early ‘proto Earth’, hidden away in the deepest and oldest rocks on our planet.
The clues have survived some 4.5 billion years, so it’s…
Elon Musk’s hostilities with Sean Duffy reignited Tuesday, with the billionaire accusing the U.S. Transport Secretary…
Human semen not only accumulates genetic mutations with age; as the percentage of sperm carrying potentially serious mutations increases, so does the risk of developing diseases in offspring.
This is according to a new study by researchers at the Sanger Institute and King’s College London. The…
Do you feel, on average, happier than a 2.7 out of 10? And does your country’s population score higher too? Good news: your nation is happy enough to reap major health benefits, according to new research.
The study, published in Frontiers in Medicine, found that countries with a Life Ladder…
The peak of the Orionids meteor shower will soon return to the night sky.
This year promises to be a particularly spectacular show, as the peak of the 2025 Orionid meteor shower happens to fall on the night of a New Moon when the sky will be at its darkest.
As you don’t need any special…
We’ve all felt it: heart racing, palms sweating, stomach clenching—the iron grip of fear. Whether it’s the sudden threat of an…
One of the world’s rarest whale species, the North Atlantic right whale, is showing an encouraging trend of population growth following renewed…
