Climate Action Costs More in the Global South. Here’s Why. – State of the Planet
John Wick NYT Clean energy technologies have become more affordable around the world. Yet for many countries in the Global South,…
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Prove Einstein’s relativity for yourself for under $100
Particles are everywhere, including particles from space that stream through the human body. Here’s how they prove Einstein’s…
Hidden soil chemistry helps rainforests hold their nutrients despite storms
Biological and chemical processes in rainforests are essential for the way these ecosystems hold onto nutrients, yet many…
Isolation, Synthesis, and Pharmacological Characterization of a Short-Structured Peptide from the Venom of Phidippus Audax that Affects Potassium Currents
Purpose Little is known about the venom of Salticidae spiders, so here, we look for venom peptides of…
Women who rewrote the stars: Test your knowledge of female astronomers
For centuries, women have gazed at the stars and asked the big questions, often without the recognition or…
First maps of the sun’s outer boundary may help predict solar storms
The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish. That’s what scientists have gleaned from the first verified maps of…
Wegovy Weight-Loss Pills Hit U.S. Pharmacies—Costs and Treatments Explained
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Northern Greenland ice dome melted before and could melt again
Researchers working at Prudhoe Dome in Greenland Caleb K. Walcott-George An ice dome in northern Greenland once melted…
A New UV Laser Sends Messages in Trillionths of a Second
Ultrafast UV-C light just took a leap forward, opening the door to lightning-fast communications and next-generation photonic technologies.…
A Greenland glacier is cracking open in real time
Scientists first detected the lake in observational records from 1995. Before then, no lakes had existed in this…