A map of temperature anomalies in 2015 compared to the long-term average. NASA This story originally appeared on the Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s run of record-breaking hottest years is extremely unlikely to have happened without the global warming caused by human activities, according to new calculations. Thirteen […]
Music icon David Bowie passed away on Jan. 11. Astronauts, scientists and members of the spaceflight industry are paying tribute to the artist online. Credit: David Bowie official Facebook page In the aftermath of David Bowie’s death at age 69 from cancer, a re-occurring theme has appeared in tributes to the […]
Credit: Ana Klaric/Shutterstock.com More and more young men and women in the U.S. report having some attraction to members of the same sex, according to new national survey data. In particular, more men now say they are “mostly attracted to the opposite sex,” rather than “only” attracted to the opposite […]
An underwater photo of gravel bottom of Yellowstone Lake and varved sediment core. Credit: J. Schmidt, 1977 A new study shows that the increase in human activities and nutrient release have led to the current rise in the number of hypoxic lakes worldwide. This finding has just been released in […]
The Mekong is one of the rivers showing the highest increases in evapotranspiration / Fernando Jaramillo New calculations show that our already sizeable water footprint is 18% bigger than we thought. The study is based on a century’s worth of observational data drawn from 100 river basins across the world. It […]
man walks past a sign in an office on the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif. on June 11, 2014. (AP / Jeff Chiu) According to a recent Canadian study, having more than 300 friends on Facebook can have a negative effect on a teenager’s level of the stress hormone […]
A Syrian refugee boy plays with a tire at Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, on July 29, 2015. RAAD ADAYLEH/AP FRENCH AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED that a passport belonging to a Syrian refugee was next to the remains of one of the suicide bombers who attacked Paris last week. Fingerprints match, […]
“Given cattle are major producers of greenhouse gases, on balance, it would be better if they didn’t exist” Is it right to kill animals for food? And if it’s wrong, how wrong is it? Could and should Western society ever change its views? Four philosophers share their views with BBC […]
Fewer Americans believe in God today than in 2005. Credit: SC Designs/Shutterstock.com Religion and science may be naturally at odds, but being anti-science? Well, that’s mainly a problem with those other people. That seems to be the view of most Americans, according to new survey data. A majority of Americans seereligion […]