Can countries control the clouds? And should they? As climate change drives floods and drought, rainmaking is in fashion across the world, despite mixed evidence that it works and concerns it can stoke cross-border tensions.
Five years have passed since 22 March 2020, when the German government at the time imposed the first lockdown in an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. What began as a two-week measure developed into a prolonged crisis ...
There are many home-grown problems on Earth, but there's still time to worry about bad things arriving from above. The most recent is the asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be a "city killer" if it hits a heavily populated area ...
Last Monday, March 3, the Bureau of Meteorology warned residents of Queensland and New South Wales that Tropical Cyclone Alfred was coming their way. The storm was expected to hit the coast on Thursday or Friday.
This week, based on a genetic study, researchers issued a recommendation that bison in Yellowstone National Park should be treated as one large, interbreeding herd. Physicists proposed a new framework that derives gravity ...
Conspiracies may be defined as "activities conducted in secret that influence the actions of government and other centers of power to advantage those actors but harm the wider public," and a conspiracy mindset is a tendency ...
Individuals are more likely to believe and endorse conspiracy theories if their psychological needs—such as feeling informed, secure and valued—are not met, according to new University of Kent research. The study is published ...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has survived calls for his expulsion from the Royal Society following a crunch meeting at the elite British science institute.
In early November 2024, I sat with some friends on the steps of Columbia University's Low Library, feeling the sun beat down on us in our t-shirts and summer dresses. It was a whopping 70°F outside.
Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? New research has highlighted an important factor: spite.
