Wetter, stormier conditions across the southern United States, with a heightened flood risk. Drought and wildfire danger in other regions, such as parts of Southeast Asia and Australia. A quieter ...

A 2026 study from the University of Lausanne, based on rock samples spanning 500,000 years, offers a fresh explanation. Rather than forming fresh magma just before an eruption, Etna appears to be fed ...

The practical takeaway is simple. If a product you own is recalled, stop using it and return it, and in general keep an eye out for changes in a product’s smell, color or texture, which can hint at ...

In a swampy stretch of northeastern Louisiana, ten 72 ton robots are driving steel piles into the ground almost around the clock. They are building solar infrastructure meant to help power Meta’s ...

Visitors can now descend 46 feet underground into the newly reopened tomb of Amenhotep III, one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful rulers. Closed to the public for over two decades, the 3,400-year-old ...

Warmer oceans hold more heat, and more heat means more fuel, so research increasingly links the warming seas to stronger storms and to these sudden bursts of intensification. Bavi’s own strengthening ...

Here is why researchers care. Aluminum oxide acts as a catalyst that can trigger the chemical reactions that destroy ozone, the layer shielding us from harmful ultraviolet light. The particles are not ...

Our own landscapes make things worse. Urban development increases runoff by two to six times, because pavement and rooftops cannot absorb water the way soil does, so cities flood at lower rainfall ...

To be certified, a jet engine must prove it can take the hit. Manufacturers fire bird carcasses into running engines at takeoff power using a compressed-air cannon nicknamed the “chicken gun.” The ...

To utilize this data more fully, the researchers developed an AI system called SleepFM. Unlike narrow algorithms built for a single task, SleepFM operates as a foundation model, similar in spirit to ...

The candidate pair resides inside Abell 402-BCG, a galaxy located an estimated 4.4 billion light years from Earth. In 2018, astronomers first noticed an unusual feature at the galaxy’s center: a dark, ...

Despite these failures, the Chinese government is sticking to its game plan. In June 2023, Beijing announced a fresh round of tax incentives worth 66 billion EUR to boost demand for “green” vehicles ...