By Ben Coxworth – Assoc. Prof. Xianming Shi, with a container of grape-skin extract. Washington State University. – Commonly known as road salt, the sodium chloride that’s commonly used to de-ice highways is harmful to the environment, plus it corrodes both road materials and …
Archaeologists now can more closely date when the religion spread to the Aksumite Empire. At an archaeological site in Ethiopia, researchers are uncovering the oldest Christian basilica in sub-Saharan Africa. (Ioana Dumitru). By Andrew Lawler Smithsonian.Com – In the dusty highlands of northern …
Animal welfare and sustainability never felt so healthy. By Nina Pullano – Eating healthy is hard. Choosing a diet to follow can feel like starring on The Bachelorette. Keto or intermittent fasting? Atkins or the blood type diet? Which one is your perfect …
By James Holloway – Andrew Whitworth took the People and Nature award for this remarkable shot of a female three-toed sloth crossing a road. Andrew Whitworth and the British Ecological Society. The British Ecological Society has unveiled the winners of its Capturing Ecology …
By Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent, Madrid – Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish. Image copyright IUCN. That’s the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by conservation group …
Has Madam Pomfrey’s Skele-Gro finally made its way to the muggle world? By Sruthi Sanjeev Balakrishnan – Regrowing bones is no easy task, but the world’s lightest solid might make it easier to achieve. Researchers have figured out a way to use hybrid …
By Nick Lavars – Monitoring the chemical makeup of sewage could offer useful insights on population health, possibly in real time. Ddraw/Depositphotos. – In a way it seems so obvious: find out what kinds of things people are putting into their bodies by studying …
New research suggests the concept isn’t so simple. By Christian Yates – If your dog has been alive and kicking its paws for about a decade, the widely held belief is that it has aged as much as a human would have …
Looking for signs of covert nuclear tests, scientists happened upon something rather unexpected instead. By Nina Pullano – Weather. It is the subject that unites us all, a guaranteed conversation-starter, and infamously unpredictable. Every year, meteorologists and news anchors across the United States …
SmartNews Keeping you current The Tennessee Aquarium’s internet-famous eel, Miguel Wattson, is powering Christmas lights in the exhibit. By Jason Daley, Smithsonian.Com – Stringing up holiday lights may add a few dollars to the December power bill, but the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga …
