Human exceptionalism is at the root of the ecological crisis, claims evolutionary biologist
Credit: Harvard Gazette In the grand story of evolution, the crowning human distinction is our big brain. But…
Mechanical method uses collisions to break down plastic for sustainable recycling
Graphical abstract. Credit: Chem (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102754 While plastics help enable modern standards of living, their accumulation in…
Carbon offsets have failed for 25 years, and most should be phased out
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Academics at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have conducted the…
Can we hear gravitational-wave ‘beats’ in the rhythm of pulsars?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Pulsars suggest that ultra–low-frequency gravitational waves are rippling through the cosmos. The signal seen…
First device based on ‘optical thermodynamics’ can route light without switches
Credit: Yunxuan Wei at USC. A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer…
Easter Island’s statues actually ‘walked,’ and physics backs it up
A research team including Binghamton University archaeologist Carl Lipo has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that…
Physicists detect water’s ultraviolet fingerprint in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during two visits in July and August 2025. The…
Internet favors the development of flexible identities among language learners
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A review reveals that the interplay between technology, identity, and languages involves and encourages…
Researchers turn coffee and plastic waste into climate solution
Reactor driving the carbonization of coffee and plastic waste into high-performance carbon. Credit: University of Sharjah Researchers at…
We need a solar sail probe to detect space tornadoes earlier, researchers say
An artist’s rendering of the spacecraft in the SWIFT constellation stationed in a triangular pyramid formation between the…
How the Southern Ocean controlled climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide during the lukewarm interglacials
Schematic illustration of Southern Ocean circulation changes before and after the Mid-Brunhes Event (MBE). Credit: Nature Communications (2025).…
Bacteria may influence accumulation of gold nanoparticles in spruce tree needles
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for Au-nanoparticles in Norway spruce needle tissue colonized by bacteria. Credit: Environmental Microbiome (2025).…