Losing your sense of direction is one of the earliest and most distressing signs of advanced Alzheimer’s disease.
Arctic-Bound Birds Can Still Keep Up With Climate Change – For Now
As climate change drives earlier spring conditions in the Arctic, birds species that travel there to breed there are under pressure to migrate faster.
Microscopes Can Now Watch Materials Go Quantum With Liquid Helium
Scientists can now reliably chill specimens near absolute zero for over 10 hours while taking images resolved to the level of individual atoms with an electron microscope.
Warming Climate Drives Surge in Dengue Fever Cases
Warmer weather across the globe is reshaping the landscape of human health.
Santa Monica’s Waves Will Run Pink During UCLA Water Quality Test
Visitors to Santa Monica Beach may notice the ocean waves turning pink September 15, 22–24 and 30 near the breakwater and pier because of a temporary, non-toxic dye used to study water quality.
Rising Heat Waves Tied to Fossil Fuel and Cement Production
According to ETH Zurich climate researchers, greenhouse gas emissions from major fossil fuel and cement producers are significant contributors to the occurrence and intensity of heat waves.
New Species Survival Commission Fills Critical Gap in Conservation
Group to examine potential extinction of microbes essential to planetary and human health.
Lightning to Spark More Wildfires in Western Us in Coming Decades
New study finds increasing hot weather and lightning could spark more fires.
AI Satellite Survey Challenges Long-standing Estimates of Serengeti Wildebeest Numbers
A pioneering study led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with international partners has applied AI for the first time to count the Great Wildebeest Migration from satellite images.
NASA to Share Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding
A news conference this morning will focus on the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last year, which is the subject of a forthcoming science paper.