40 Kids, No Parents, A Ghost Town. What Could Go Wrong?
December 28, 2024
The weird true story of Kid Nation, the Bush-era reality-TV experiment that dropped a bunch of children in the desert—then let the cameras roll. Years later, all of a sudden, the Internet got obsessed.
The Atlantic Ocean’s currents are on the verge of collapse. This is what it means for the planet
October 26, 2024
Scientists are concerned that the Atlantic Ocean’s system of currents may be about to reach a tipping point. If it does, it’ll have severe consequences for all of us.
Your Consciousness Can Connect With the Whole Universe, Groundbreaking New Research Suggests
October 7, 2024
This latest clue about the architecture of consciousness supports a Nobel-Prize winner’s theory about how quantum physics works in your brain. A RECENT GROUNDBREAKING EXPERIMENT in which anesthesia was administered to rats has convinced scientists that tiny structures in the rodents’ brains are responsible for the experience of consciousness. To pull it off, these microscopic…
The dirt on biocrusts: Why scientists are working to save Earth’s living skin
September 4, 2024
Under the dry, piercing heat of the Utah sun, Sasha Reed is growing plots of plants — and bacteria, lichen and fungi, too. But Reed is no farmer, and at first glance, her fields look to be mostly dirt. She’s an ecologist, and what she is growing is cryptobiotic soil.
Giant Crystal Caves Yield New “Ice Palace,” More
July 28, 2024
It looks like Superman's Fortress of Solitude and is nearly as hard to get into, but that hasn't stopped explorers from uncovering new secrets in and around Mexico's deep, deadly hot Cave of Crystals.
WHY MUSIC COULD SOLVE THE UNIVERSE’S DEEPEST SECRETS
July 23, 2024
The equations of science and the harmonies of music are intimately linked and help us comprehend cosmic rhythms.
‘Endlings’ are the last animals of their kind. Can their stories help us save them?
July 21, 2024
Pop culture is filled with stories about the last survivors of a species. Is our captivation enough to move the needle in conservation?
Devastation as world’s biggest wetland burns: ‘those that cannot run don’t stand a chance’
July 15, 2024
Blackened trees, dead animals and scorched earth – early wildfires have already devastated Brazil’s Pantanal and local people worry they may lose the battle to save them
TAOISM: SCIENCE-BASED CONCEPTS FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ECO-SYSTEM
June 18, 2024
Increasing wealth disparity, polarization of discourses, move into the Anthropocene epoch, people’s migration, terrorism…are all pieces of evidence that our worldview ought to evolve quickly if we want our eco-system, our humanity to survive and to keep claiming we are the smartest species on earth.
Popular theory of Native American origins debunked by genetics and skeletal biology
June 18, 2024
A widely accepted theory of Native American origins coming from Japan has been attacked in a new scientific study, which shows that the genetics and skeletal biology “simply does not match-up”.