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An extinction events expert sounds a dire warning. By Paul Ratner – Supervolcano eruptions are rare, and occur approximately every 50,000 years. Credit: Getty – Contributor. The supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park could cause an “ultra-catastrophe,” warns an extinction events writer. The full …
Research in plant neurobiology shows that plants have senses, intelligence and emotions. By Paul Ratner – Are plants smarter than we think they are? (Photo: brewbooks/Flickr) – Image source: mnn.com/earth-matters. The field of plant neurobiology studies the complex behavior of plants. Plants were …
There’s a big difference between sitting at home and sitting at work. By Emma Betuel – As a society, we sit too much. We sit in the car, we sit at our desks, and we flop down on the couch when we get …
By Michael Irving – The XENON1T experiment may not have found dark matter, but it has now revealed the element with the longest half-life ever recorded. The Xenon Collaboration. Although the many experiments searching for evidence of dark matter have yet to …
Created in New York by Jewish immigrants, the first comic book superheroes were mythic saviors who could combat the Nazi threat. They speak to the dark politics of our times. By Art Spiegelman – Captain America lives on … The Avengers (2012) Photograph: …
By Loz Blain – At speeds over 100 mph, Franky Zapata has become the first person to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard Zapata – After ending up in the water on his first attempt, flying Frenchman Franky Zapata has now successfully …
By Nick Lavars – The VoloCity aircraft, as it is now known, has been designed to meet the certification standards laid out by the European Aviation Safety Agency. – Little by little, Volocopter has continued to refine the design of its flying taxi …
Sao Paulo plunged into darkness after forest fire smoke filled the sky. By Sarah Sloat – Recently thousands of people took to Twitter to share the hashtag #PrayforAmazonia. The viral movement came as the skies above Sao Paulo blackened with the smoke from …
With cities facing both rapid growth and radical, permanent climate change, urban authorities are faced with an increasingly vulnerable population Cooling goo sidewalks and other strange new weapons in the war on urban heat Cities is supported by About this content By Oliver …
They could have been the “Adam and Eve of chemical evolution.” By Yasmin Tayag – Hydrogen cyanide is best known as a poison, historically deployed as a murder weapon in gas chambers and by federal executioners. But much further back in Earth’s past, …
