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Farmers rely on ammonia to fertilize their crops. Patty Calfee/Getty Images The environmentally friendly technology uses multi-chamber chemical reactors to turn wastewater into ammonia and harmless…
Raising cattle produces huge amounts of greenhouse gasesAlan Hopps/Getty Images As the world's population grows, the only way to reduce agriculture's huge greenhouse gas emissions is…
A strong earthquake hit Southern California on Monday afternoon, causing shaking in a wide area of Los Angeles and its surroundings.The quake, initially reported as a…
According to Thomas Hobbes, one of history’s most famous cynics, life is “nasty, cruel, and short.” Jamil ZakiIronically, this is likely true if you are someone…
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to capture striking new photos of LEDA 12535, a barred spiral galaxy located in the famous Perseus Cluster…
According to the 2022 Sleep Foundation Poll, people are evenly split between taking a shower or bath in the morning (42%) and in the evening (38%).…
Plants and humans have one thing in common: They both consist of a single cell containing a nucleus that serves a specialized function that benefits the…
fractal (noun, “FRAK-tal”) Fractals are geometric shapes made up of repeated parts on increasingly smaller scales. Consider a fern leaf. If you look closely, each leaf…
Drying: Description of areas with extremely low precipitation levels hindering plant growth. Astronaut: An individual trained for space travel for research or exploration purposes. atom: The…
Bill Kotsatos/Polaris/Ivine Some people see mathematics as cold, rigid logic, quite different from creative pursuits. In fact, mathematics has a lot to do with creativity. Mathematician…
What would you do if an epidemic struck? Evacuate to a country mansion and throw a party.Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix The DecameronKathleen JordanNetflix Douglas Rushkoff, the influential thinker…
Ken Baker awaited a settlement check for his Paradise, California home destroyed in the 2018 Camp Fire but never received it. His newly built home was…
Compliments can sometimes be tricky to navigate, as identified by a Belgian psychologist. There are several ways in which receiving compliments can make the person being…
When considering the marathons you have observed, it may seem that men generally excel over women in sports. However, a recent review published in the journal…
The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak between Sunday night and dawn on Monday, giving skywatchers around the world the chance to enjoy one of the…
This summer, there has been an alarming increase in heatstroke-related deaths worldwide. According to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, extreme heat…
summary Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued its first-ever “major earthquake warning” on Thursday. The warning came after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of the…
My wife and I, dressed and with negative COVID tests in hand, took a morning drive to Windsor Castle in November 2021. I was awarded an…
Emanuele Andreano At the Tuscany Life Sciences Foundation, Italy. JN.1, a variant of the Omicron variant, was first identified in Luxembourg in August 2023. accounted for 88 percentwhich accounts for 85% and 77% of recorded infections in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, respectively. Its predecessor, BA.2.86, never accounted for more than 5%
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of metriorhynchid crocodyloform from the Stadthagen Formation in northwestern Germany. Artist image Enarioetes schroederi. Image credit: Joschua Knüppe.…
Diagram of a tidal disruption event Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Astronomers have captured a supermassive black hole engulfing a massive star in the largest, brightest…
Building design can affect temperatureAlistair Scott/Getty Images A wall with a zigzag pattern can stay up to 3°C (5.4°F) cooler than a normal wall, without using…
Black holes have the ability to die, but this process happens very slowly and in a rather normal manner. Despite appearing empty, space is not entirely…
Ideas for change Mars Towards a more livable world Human settlements It's a common theme in science fiction, but could this happen in the real world?Scientists…
Satellite imagery of Antarctica Science History Images / Alamy A continued surge in stratospheric temperatures could cause the Antarctic polar vortex to split in two for…
Gravitational waves are vibrations of space-time itself Peter Jurick/Alamy The following is an excerpt from the Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Every month, we hand the keyboard…
Heart of an Oak follows the 210-year-old tree and its inhabitants through the seasons. Icon Film Distribution Oak Heart Laurent Charbonnier and Michel Seydoux Icon Movie…
These graceful and serene photographs pay tribute to an important yet declining ecosystem: mangrove forests. These photos are some of this year's top entries. Mangrove Photography…
Kestrels have been trained to fly in a wind tunnel, revealing how they can hover in turbulent air while keeping their heads almost completely still. Two…
Are you truly in control of choosing to read this article, or is the decision merely a result of neurons firing in your brain due to…
One-third of Mars’ surface has shallow groundwater, but it is currently too cold for life to harness it. Proposals to use greenhouse gases to heat Mars…
Microwave ovens have become an essential part of the modern kitchen, yet their potential as a reservoir for bacterial colonization and the microbial composition within them…
Brazil is home to about two-thirds of the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest which covers an area twice the size of India. It plays a crucial…
The flooding is caused by the retreat of smaller glaciers near Mendenhall Glacier, a result of global warming that creates a basin filled with rain and…
summaryCalifornia has seen an increase in cases of valley fever, a fungal infection, in recent years.Fourteen confirmed cases among people who attended or worked at a…
Swift J1818.0-1617 is located about 22,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. Artist's impression of magnetar Swift J1818.0-1617. Image courtesy of NSF/AUI/NRAO/S. Dagnello. Swift J1818.0-1617, discovered…
A rock sample from Earth’s mantle viewed under a microscope Johan Lissenberg In the middle of the North Atlantic, geologists have drilled 1,268 metres below the…
This tuna-inspired robot borrows some nifty tricks from the real fishLin, Z. et al. (2024). The tuna-shaped robot harnesses the secret to the speed and agility…
Amorphophallus titaniumDerek Powaszek When you think of live streaming, if you really think about it, you probably picture a gamer yelling about shooting the final boss.…