Category : science

Fierce, frequent, climate-fueled wildfires may decimate forests worldwide

Wildfires among ponderosa pines and Douglas firs of the U.S. West have long been part of nature's cycle of renewal, as much as the changing of the seasons. Scientists worry the hottest blazes could end up obliterating swathes of some forests forever...

Warming shrinks Arctic Ocean ice to 2nd lowest on record

Ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to its second lowest level on record this summer, triggered by global warming along with natural forces, U.S. scientists reported Monday. The extent of ice-covered ocean at the North Pole and extending further south to...

The Search for Life on Venus Could Start With This Private Company

Elon Musk wants to settle humans on Mars with his rocket company SpaceX. Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, wants a trillion people living in space. But the chief executive of one private space company is approaching space exploration differently, and...

Arctic sea-ice shrinks to near record low extent

Only in 2012 have satellites seen the summer floes in the polar north more withdrawn than in 2020.

Pandemic shows need for global response to climate change, says Attenborough

COVID-19 is a reminder that "we are all in it together" and the world needs a global response to the climate change crisis, David Attenborough said, as he launched a film about lessons learned during his seven decades as a television naturalist. The...

How shark scales' unique design inspired the first manmade pattern to help stop bacterial spread

A shark's skin is made up of thousands of armor-like scales, known as denticles. Now, humans are copying that pattern to fight the spread of bacteria.

Arctic sea ice suffers 'devastating' loss, shrinks to second lowest on record

Warming in the Arctic shrank the ice covering the polar ocean this year to its second-lowest extent in four decades, scientists announced Monday, yet another sign of how climate change is rapidly transforming the region. Satellites recorded this yea...

What are the micro-organisms causing elephant deaths in Botswana?

Botswana wildlife officials said on Monday that toxins produced by microscopic organisms called cyanobacteria had caused the deaths of 330 elephants this year. Since they were first reported around early May, the elephant deaths had baffled and alar...

Archaeologists unearth 27 coffins at Egypt's Saqqara pyramid

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed more than two dozen ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo, an official said Monday. The sarcophagi have remained unopened since they were buried more than 2,500 years ago near the famed Step Pyram...

Fauci: We'll likely be wearing masks for most of 2021, even after a vaccine rolls out

"I never said just the vaccine," Dr. Fauci said. "You never should abandon the public-health measures" if we really want to get rid of the virus.

Exclusive: Study suggests dengue may provide some immunity against COVID-19

A new study that analyzed the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue fever that suggests exposure to the mosquito-transmitted illness may provide some level of immunity against COV...

Inside Big Pharma's work with celebs

Business Insider's biggest healthcare stories for September 21.

NASA's Hubble space telescope captured the ribbon of a supernova blast that ancient humans saw about 15,000 years ago

No space telescope had ever captured the glowing ribbons of the Cygnus Loop — remnants of a supernova blast wave — in such detail before.

U.S. corporate board diversity lags as few minority executives get top jobs - study

Publicly traded U.S. companies have been slow to add minority directors over the past five years even as women grabbed a greater share of board seats during that period, a comprehensive study to be released on Monday shows. Across the Russell 3000,...

U.S. corporate board diversity lags as few minority execs get top jobs: study

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