"The technosphere is a major new phenomenon of this planet – and one that is evolving extraordinarily rapidly" – Professor...
A third of the planet’s land is severely degraded and fertile soil is being lost at the rate of 24bn...
Hoverfly larvae eat mealybugs and small caterpillars, and are especially helpful with organic aphid control. Adult hoverflies feed on nectar...
“Radical changes are needed if all people are to live well within the limits of the planet. These include moving...
Meat and dairy companies are on track to be the world’s biggest contributors to climate change, outpacing even the fossil...
Plant and animal species that are the foundation of our food supplies are as endangered as wildlife but get almost...
GM canola plant refugees from farms in North Dakota bear multiple transgenic traits Outside a grocery store in Langdon, N.D.,...
Sleep deprivation is increasing our risk of cancer, heart attack and Alzheimer’s. Why, exactly, are we so sleep-deprived? What has...
Dreams play a key role in boosting creative thought, memory, learning and even mental health. Now modern life may be...
Clusters of gold atoms can detect and kill cancer cells commonly left behind after tumor-removal surgery, according to a study...
“We found we can change an animal’s sleep/wake rhythms by artificially stimulating the neurons in the master biological clock, which...
Results indicate that grounding the human body to earth ("earthing") during sleep reduces night-time levels of cortisol and resynchronizes cortisol...
You probably know that walking does your body good, but it's not just your heart and muscles that benefit. Researchers...
Results from a clinical review find nearly 1 billion people worldwide may have deficient or insufficient levels of vitamin D...
Stomach MRI images combined with functional fMRI of the brain activity have provided scientists new insight into how the brain...
Writing in the International Journal of Nanotechnology, Dr. Maestro and co-authors explain how the physical and chemical properties of water...
Water is the Earth's most abundant natural resource, but it's also something of a mystery due to its unique solvation...
We all know that water melts at 0°C. However, already 150 years ago the famous physicist Michael Faraday discovered that...
The surface of the water droplets turns out to be much more ordered than that of normal water and is...
Solar fuels, a dream of clean-energy research, are created using only sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. Researchers are exploring a...
Motivated by public hazards associated with contaminated sources of drinking water, a team of scientists has successfully developed and tested...
Abstract: Currently, over 90 % of our food is grown on (or in) a virtually irreplaceable, non-renewable natural resource –...
The Earth's magnetic field surrounds our planet like an invisible force field – protecting life from harmful solar radiation by...
One of the biggest mysteries in physics is why there's matter in the universe at all. This week, a group...
If multiverses seem weird, it’s because we need to revamp our notions of time and space
How can tiny collapsing bubbles inside a vat of water or other liquid reach temperatures of 20,000 degrees C? Nobody...
Many birds have a compass in their eyes. Their retinas are loaded with a protein called cryptochrome, which is sensitive...
PAA, the predictive physiological anticipation of a truly randomly selected and thus unpredictable future event has been under investigation for...
