Solar power is the fastest-growing source of electricity in the U.S., according to Climate Central, an environmental nonprofit. There is currently enough solar installed in the U.S. to power about…
NEW YORK (July 1, 2026) – Workers at Scientific American, represented by the Writers Guild of America East, held a rally yesterday, June 30, following Springer Nature’s decision to sell the publication and immediately lay off staff. The 180-year-old science publication known…
Thanks to the Ealing Beaver Project, their dams fixed the flood-prone Tube station and built a thriving wetland too!
What do elephant vocalisations mean, and how do elephants socialise? Andrea reveals how these intelligent animals learn to be elephants and how culture is passed down.
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Joe explores the biological marvel of metamorphosis, revealing that caterpillars don't just turn into soup inside their chrysalis. Discover the surprising reality behind how these insects transform their entire bodies…
A 9,500-year-old burial in Cyprus represents some of the oldest known evidence of human/cat companionships anywhere in the world. But when did this close relationship between humans and cats start? And…
The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued
To keep the universe static, Albert Einstein invented something called the cosmological constant. He later abandoned it. Decades afterward, astronomers discovered the universe’s expansion is accelerating—reviving Einstein’s controversial idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3AWNs9KnXU
Modern life runs on some of the strangest ideas ever discovered.