A diet that promotes plant-based proteins to help the environment now has a more human argument: It can lower the risk of death from several serious diseases. “It wasn’t just one cause of death. It was across the board,” said Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public … Read more
Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill and manipulate human and bacterial cells in almost any environment, from the oceans to your intestines. But scientists don’t yet have a complete picture of how viruses affect their environments largely because of their extraordinary diversity and ability … Read more
Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill and manipulate human and bacterial cells in almost any environment, from the oceans to your intestines. But scientists don’t yet have a complete picture of how viruses affect their environments largely because of their extraordinary diversity and ability … Read more
The more developed a galaxy is, the more chaotic the orbits of its many stars are, according to new research that answers an important detail about how galaxies age. Our sun revolves around the center of the galaxy once every 225 million years, at an average speed of 514,495 mph (828,000 km per hour). Astronomers … Read more
People born in the future will inherit a planet in the midst of a global ecological crisis. Natural habitats are being decimated, the world is getting hotter, and scientists fear we are experiencing the sixth mass extinction in Earth’s history. Is it reasonable to bring a child into the world under such circumstances? My philosophical … Read more