The air we breathe could be changing our behavior in ways we are only just beginning to understand. By Melissa Hogenboom / Images by Emmanuel Lafont – * This story is featured in BBC Future’s “Best of 2019” collection. Discover more of our picks. …
Toxic formations across the US and the Baltic are part of a worrying trend linked to the climate crisis and farming methods. By Jeremy Hance – A harmful algae bloom in Lake Erie in September 2017. Photograph: Zachary Haslick/Aerial Associates Photography/NOAA. On …
The ancient Silk Road city once had a thriving Jewish population, which has shrunk to around 200. By Andrew Roth in Bukhara, Uzbekistan – Abram Iskhakov, the president of the Bukhara Jewish community, reads during an evening service in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Photograph: Andrew …
We could create nearly 30 million more jobs than we otherwise would. By Thor Benson – If we want to avoid the possibly catastrophic effects of climate change, we’re going to have to transition to renewable energy as soon as possible. That will …
Credit: Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac / RMN Grand Palais. Written by Oscar Holland, CNN – As early cameras began spreading out from Europe in the middle of the 19th century, photography became an increasingly powerful medium for obtaining and disseminating …
By Michael Irving – A composite image comprised of optical data from the Isaac Newton Telescope and X-ray data from Chandra showing the stellar association Cygnus OB2. X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Drake et al; H-alpha: Univ. of Hertfordshire/INT/IPHAS; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Spitzer. – The cosmic beauty of space …
By Nick Lavars – Using a novel manufacturing method, scientists have discovered a way to turn plastic bottles into a useful new aerogel. National University of Singapore. – Recycling plastics is far from a simple undertaking, with only a small portion of what …
The newest approach: ornithological identification. By Sarah Sloat – Earth’s most astounding group of geoglyphs stretch across nearly 200 square miles of arid Peruvian coastal plain. The Nazca lines are a huge mystery — literally. A portion of the 70 animal and plant …
By Ben Coxworth – Treatment-resistant warts, along with other skin lesions, may be no match for nano-pulse stimulation. Tiler84/Depositphotos. – Although it’s possible to remove warts by freezing them with liquid nitrogen, they often grow back, requiring multiple treatments. New research, however, suggests …
By Ben Coxworth – The lingonberry is native to the boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from Eurasia to North America. Evgeniy_Bobkov/Depositphotos. – If you suffer from high blood pressure, you might want to try making lingonberry juice part of …
