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As the US government continues to call climate change a lie and attack science, in courts from The Hague to Honolulu, fossil fuel companies are taking a different tack. Shell, Chevron, RWE and TotalEnergies all accept that climate change is real, human-caused and serious. The era of denying the business climate, at least in legal … Read more
In the past five years, indigenous agriculture has received academic attention as an alternative, albeit on a smaller scale, to modern agricultural systems. Research has shown that some traditional agricultural practices – such as growing corn, beans and squash together – protect soil health, reduce biodiversity loss, and support indigenous knowledge, known as traditional ecological … Read more
In the world of quantum physics, amazing events happen at incredible speeds. Processes that are thought to happen instantaneously, such as quantum entanglement, are now measured directly in tiny fractions of a second – attoseconds. It is like spending a short time revealing subtle details hidden in plain sight. Together with a group … Read more
Under pressure to deal with water cuts, and amid discussions of lawsuits, Wyoming and other states in the upper Colorado River Basin are pointing to the climate-driven disaster in the West to insist they can’t cut what Mother Nature doesn’t give her head. Although some observers suspect that the dispute is to prevent further cuts … Read more
In recent years, citizens of Spain, France and the UK have looked up to see a strange sight: an orange sun and skies thick with yellow fog. These cloudy skies often produce “blood rain”, rust-laden rain that leaves a fine smear on cars and windows. These events are caused by dust from the Sahara desert … Read more
YesIn late summer, people descend on the wildflower capital of Colorado to see meadows dotted with cornflowers, aspen sunflowers and sub-alpine larkspur. In January 1991, a team of scientists led by Professor John Harte set up a unique experiment in these Rocky Mountain pastures. It was one of the first (and longest) to determine how … Read more
When life is hard, many people turn to nature. A walk in the park. Sitting by the sea. Watching the sunset. Is this just a pleasant feeling, or is there something deeper at work? Many studies link spending time in nature to various aspects of mental health and well-being. For example, immersion in the natural … Read more
If you’re driving on the back roads of Oakland late at night – and no, we won’t ask why – you might encounter an unexpected sight: a kind-looking old man standing next to a 17-meter-high Tesla coil. If so, don’t worry: it’s actually Greg Leyh, aka Lightning on Demand, testing his terrifying lightning machine again. … Read more
Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), with support from the US Army Research Office, the National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Army Research Office, have announced a successful breakthrough produced by laser light and manipulating a new state of matter called supersolid at room temperature. The research group … Read more
The flame goes out, and something else in the room changes with it. Not because the matter has disappeared, but because the form has disappeared. The candle wax remains, the heat dissipates, and the air carries what was once a steady glow. What is missing is the pattern that held them all together. That same … Read more