Physics
‘Destructive’ swans in the crosshairs as California allows hunting
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hunters will soon be allowed to kill mute swans as part of an effort to cull ...
Space weather drill simulates Carrington-level solar storm, challenging satellite safety and mission control response
Vigil space weather reporter in deep space. Photo: European Space Agency. No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and risk of ...
The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye
River Wye, Herefordshire. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The River Wye was once full of wild salmon. Today there is a ...
New molecular strategy achieves complete synthesis of anti-MRSA natural product
The new 16-step process allows the complete synthesis of (-)-spiroaspetrion A from a known intermediate. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adz7593. ...
The history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The burial site looks like an abandoned site. Holding the remains of over 22,000 enslaved and ...
Retreating glaciers may send fewer nutrients to the ocean, study finds
Ice collected in the fjord of the Northwestern Glacier, with sediment frozen inside. Photo: Kiefer Forsch/Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Turbid, ...
What half a million tweets reveal about invasive species
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The study, which analyzed more than 500,000 tweets from 2006 to 2021, found that public discourse ...
EU takes aim at plastic pellets to prevent their nightmare cleanup
Industrial plastic pellets washed up on a Catalan beach in 2024. At first glance, the tiny plastic granules seem relatively ...
Ecologists report spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes and their hybrids in North America
Geographical coverage and temporal trends in distribution of Culex species and hybrid zones. Credit: One health (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101205 West ...
Airborne mercury from gold mining is contaminating African food crops, study warns
Use of mercury passive air samplers (MerPAS) to measure gaseous elemental mercury concentrations in and around ASGM and agricultural areas. ...
