Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner ~enviro Link 57 votes
Chemist Hitler Louis nears three dozen retractions for image duplication, self-citation and more ~science chemistry Article 881 words 32 votes
UMD scientists create ‘smart underwear’ to measure human flatulence ~science biology Article 783 words 21 votes
Human-driven global warming could cause the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a powerful ocean current system, and throw Iceland into a deep freeze ~enviro climate change Article 2131 words, published Feb 10 2026 18 votes
Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter – but now discovering may be linked to shorter lifespans and disease. ~health Article 969 words 34 votes
The malignant degradation of trust in scientific work ~science Video 1:52:54, published Feb 3 2026 24 votes
Scientists think that Svalbard polar bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey, including reindeer and walruses ~enviro climate change Article 6 votes
Scientists cast doubt on the discovery of microplastics throughout the human body ~health Article 2221 words 53 votes
Scientists find foreign trees and one fingerprint on iron age warship from Scandinavia ~humanities.history Link 16 votes
Scholars on a quixotic quest to identify Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA achieve a milestone ~arts Link 8 votes
How we unlocked the secrets of Denmark's oldest plank boat – with the help of an ancient fingerprint ~humanities.history Article 1064 words 7 votes
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds ~enviro climate change Article 1044 words, published Aug 28 2025 44 votes
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers ~science Article 7013 words 64 votes
Epstein-Barr virus appears to be trigger of lupus disease ~health medicine Article 678 words, published Nov 12 2025 29 votes
Iceland's glaciers and the disappearance of a frozen world – ‘last chance tourism’ brings economic benefits but puts pressure on local communities in an increasingly fragile landscape ~enviro climate change Article 1188 words 7 votes
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers ~science biology Article 1962 words 30 votes
How Bill Gates is reframing the climate change debate ~enviro climate change water.clean Article 453 words 34 votes
Companies are crafting new ways to grow cocoa and chocolate alternatives ~food Article 147 words, published Sep 1 2024 24 votes
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects ~enviro climate change Article 449 words 28 votes
The Icelandic volcanic island of Surtsey emerged in the 1960s, and scientists say studying its development offers hope for damaged ecosystems worldwide ~enviro Article 1038 words, published Oct 13 2025 9 votes
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than five billion sea stars ~enviro Article 633 words, published Aug 4 2025 28 votes
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of a new type of molecular architecture – metal–organic frameworks ~science chemistry Article 2615 words 12 votes
Ask not why would you work in biology, but rather: why wouldn't you? ~science biology Article 1980 words 16 votes
The Nobel Prize winners will be announced next week – what to know about the prestigious awards ~science medicine physics chemistry economics Article 538 words 11 votes
Why do some gamers invert their controls? Scientists now have answers, but they’re not what you think. ~games Article 1235 words 36 votes
A NASA food scientist tackled the problem of how to feed astronauts. Now, his idea fuels first responders and mothers of infants. ~food Article 1560 words 12 votes
After ten years of black hole science, Stephen Hawking is proven right ~space Article 711 words 23 votes
He knew Greenland's melting ice better than anyone. Then he disappeared into it. ~enviro climate change Article 2706 words 13 votes
Scientists reversed memory loss in mice due to faulty mitochondria ~health.mental Article 948 words 11 votes
Two geologists who found a meteorite that had fallen onto a plot of land outside Enköping are entitled to the stone, the Swedish Supreme Court rules ~space Link 15 votes
Scientists uncover 75,000-year-old Arctic animal remains in Norwegian cave ~science biology Article 689 words 9 votes
Troubling scenes from an Arctic in full-tilt crisis. The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream." ~enviro climate change Article 945 words 41 votes
Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated ~health medicine healthcare Article 725 words, published Jul 14 2025 26 votes
Sight of someone potentially infectious causes immune response, research suggests ~health Article 647 words 19 votes
Air pollution raises risk of dementia, say Cambridge scientists ~health.mental Article 562 words 16 votes
Unique 1.5m year-old ice to be melted to unlock mystery ~enviro climate change Article 743 words 16 votes
Scientists estimate European heatwave caused 2,300 deaths last week ~enviro climate change Article 560 words 32 votes
Scientists built a canoe using only prehistoric tools. Then they sailed the dangerous 140-mile route early humans traveled 30,000 years ago. ~humanities.history Article 32 votes
'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers to influence automated review ~science Link 29 votes