Science
‘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 ...
Paper or plastic?
The chairs at the pharmacy counter are made of hard bioplastic and are supposedly shaped like a human body. They're ...
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. ...
Four game-changing immunology tools to watch
Magnified view of a brain organoid with fluorescent labeling of various cell types.Photo: Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins University. Advanced tools ...
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 ...
