Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2021
Protecting Perth's sunken forests
European settlers built Perth around the Swan River, or Derbal Yaragan in Noongar language.
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Education
Jun 11, 2021
Florida bans 'critical race theory' from its classrooms
Florida's state Board of Education banned "critical race theory" from public school classrooms Thursday, adopting new rules it said would shield schoolchildren from curricula that could "distort historical events."
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2021
The sex life aquatic: Moving from land to water led to the surprising courtship of sea snakes
Although sea snakes aren't usually associated with intimate interactions, our new research is revealing their "sensitive" side.
Ecology
May 19, 2021
Monitoring species condemned to extinction may help save others as global temperatures rise
The White-tailed Swallow, Hirundo megaensis, and Ethiopian Bush-crow, Zavattariornis stresemanni, are living in 'climatic lifeboats' with their tiny ranges restricted on all sides by temperature and rainfall patterns. Even ...
Environment
May 5, 2021
Are you a climate change hypocrite? Here's why you shouldn't worry
Standing on the deck of Berta Cáceres, the now-iconic pink boat, Emma Thompson addressed a sprawling crowd of protestors and gave a slew of media interviews. It was April 2019, Extinction Rebellion had occupied Oxford Circus ...
Archaeology
Apr 26, 2021
Social tensions preceded disruptions in ancient Pueblo societies
Climate problems alone were not enough to end periods of ancient Pueblo development in the southwestern United States.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2021
Animal culture should be included in conservation efforts
Researchers say conservation of some of the world's most endangered species needs to take cultural knowledge of the animals into account when working out how best to protect them.
Nanophysics
Apr 21, 2021
Electrifying cement with nanocarbon black
Since its invention several millennia ago, concrete has become instrumental to the advancement of civilization, finding use in countless construction applications—from bridges to buildings. And yet, despite centuries of innovation, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2021
Bacteria breaking down mountains: Bioleaching to extract ores with less pollution
How do you break down kilometers of rock to get the metals within? You go small. Bacteria-level small.
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2021
Did racism kill Jackie Robinson?
Baseball great Jackie Robinson was a living, breathing example of athleticism and apparent good health, playing four sports at UCLA and becoming the first Black man to play in major league baseball.
