Schools in Tehran were ordered to be closed on Wednesday after the Iranian capital was cloaked in dangerously high levels of air pollution, authorities said. Governor Anoushiravan Mohseni-Bandpey said kindergartens, preschools and primary schools would be shut in the city and the counties of Gharchak, Pishva and Varamin. “The air …
Countries’ plans to tackle climate change fall far short of what’s necessary to prevent temperatures from rising to an unsafe level that governments have vowed to prevent, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The use of fossil fuels, in particular is continuing to expand globally, putting the world on a dangerous track for …
The discovery of two fossilized dinosaur skeletons intertwined in what looks like a final death match could make a central Montana ranching couple rich beyond their wildest dreams. Or they may have to share the wealth. The discovery of two fossilized dinosaur skeletons intertwined in what looks like a final …
In one of the most remote places on Earth, a wildlife refuge serves as a vivid reminder that the production and consumption of plastic is polluting the world’s oceans at an ever-increasing rate. Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as …
New observations show that 2I/Borisov looks like a comet, just what astronomers expected. The second space rock seen visiting our solar system from another star is proving just how bizarre the first known interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua, really was. ‘Oumuamua raised eyebrows when it appeared in October 2017 looking more like a rocky …
Different types of bourbon leave behind signature weblike designs. Step aside, whiskey connoisseurs. Scientists have a new way to discern quality among bourbons. An analysis of residues from evaporated bourbons reveals that different types of American whiskey leave behind unique weblike patterns. Such signature evaporation marks, described online October 24 in Physical …
Those pesky kitchen pests have helped us out more than you may think! You’ve swatted them from your food and may have killed a handful inside of traps, but did you know that fruit flies have several genetic similarities to us humans? We’ve got a lot to thank them for, …
Think of it as your body’s sticky little security guard! (Or maybe housekeeper would make more sense?) We all produce a lot of mucus (about 1 liter a day on average!), yet most of us don’t actually know what superpowers this substance actually has. That changes now. We’ve all coughed it up, …
Humans have a history of status division stretching back at least 4,000 years In ancient Rome, the wealthy patricians ran the empire. The second-class plebeians worked the farms, baked the bread and built the walls. The rest of the workforce—a full third of the Roman population—were slaves. Human history is, …
Climate differences are associated with varying happiness, individualism and aggressiveness. In the past decade, psychologists have made a welcome leap, expanding beyond a narrow focus on the North America, Europe and Australia in their research to include people from all over the world. One benefit has been greater insight on global distribution …
