Light pollution from urban areas has steadily increased and expanded, and with the advent of LED lighting, it is growing by as much as 10% per year in North America, as measured by the visibility of stars in the night sky. In our recent research, we found that the glow of cities and urban suburbs … Read more
Scientists are building a digital model of space around Earth that goes beyond the state of the art to improve the prediction of solar storms and their effects on infrastructure. Nearly seventy years after the beginning of the Space Age, scientists’ insights are… space again is still very rude. Unlike Earth’s weather, which is now … Read more
Right now, chefs around the world are standing in their kitchens slicing and dicing onions and weeping collectively. Those tears are the price they pay for that heartwarming stew, heady stir-fry, savory custard tart, earthy bread or mouth-watering salsa that will soon grace their tables. All thanks to the humble onion. Onions are the second … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The climate negotiations just concluded in Dubai struck at the heart of compromise, finding a common language that nearly 200 countries accepted, sometimes grudgingly. For the first time in nearly three decades of such talks, the final agreement named fossil fuels – coal, oil and natural gas – as … Read more
If ever there was a year that called for bold global action on climate change, it was 2023. In what will likely go down as the hottest year on record – a year of catastrophic flooding, scorching heat waves, devastating wildfires and persistent drought – leaders from nearly 200 countries came together to chart a … Read more
The two children of Gautam Dongre in India and the son of Pascazia Mazeze in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disease that turns blood cells into instruments of pain. With new gene therapies promising a cure for their sickle cell disease, Dongre says he is “praying for the treatment to come to us.” But … Read more
In 2004, Hwang Woo-suk was celebrated for his groundbreaking discovery in creating cloned human embryos, and his work was published in the prestigious journal Science. But the discovery was too good to be true; Dr. Hwang had fabricated the data. Science publicly retracted the paper and assembled a team to investigate what went wrong. Withdrawals … Read more
EL BOSQUE, Mexico (AP) — People moved to El Bosque in the 1980s to fish. In threes and fours, the fishermen headed out into the Gulf of Mexico with buckets of tarpon and a long, striped snook. There was more than enough to feed them and build a community: three schools, a small church and … Read more
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (AP) — Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu, who native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii’s highest point . The story tells of a chief who longed to woo Poliahu but was stopped by her servants who … Read more
The year 2023 turned out to be a big year for lunar science. India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed near the moon’s south pole, a huge achievement for a country relatively new to space travel, especially after the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft crashed in 2019. At the same time, NASA is preparing for a large number of moon-related missions, … Read more