Category: Science
Korea’s Fusion Reactor Ran 7 Times Hotter Than The Sun For Almost 30 Seconds
Korea’s ‘artificial Sun’ reactor has made headlines this week by officially sustaining plasma at a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for more than 20…
Earth Is Teetering on The Edge of Five Disastrous Climate Tipping Points, Study Finds
Failing to achieve the Paris agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C could trigger multiple dangerous “tipping points” where changes to climate systems…
Giant Viruses Are Infecting Algae in a Rare, Floating Lake in The Arctic
Giant viruses have been discovered infecting microscopic algae in a rare lake in the Arctic Ocean, a new study finds. The Milne Fiord epishelf lake…
When The Pandemic Came, The Zoos Closed, And The Animals Began to Act Differently
We all had to make adjustments as the coronavirus pandemic unfolded – even zoo animals who were suddenly not seeing crowds of visitors pass by…
We’re Different From Neanderthals Because of Our Growing Brains
Scientists have always wondered what makes our species special, and some suggest it’s because of the dramatic increases in the size and density of our…
The Earliest Evidence of An Amputation is 31,000 Years Old
The thought of undergoing any surgical procedure prior to the invention of modern medicine is more than terrifying. It’s also murky and mysterious, since archaeologists…
Flying Commercially at Supersonic Speed Could be in Our Future
What if you could travel from one side of the country to the other in less than half the time it takes today? With the…
How “Science Near Me” Benefits Me — And You
The Science Near Me blog is a partnership between Discover magazine and ScienceNearMe.org. I’m among the estimated 67 million visits to science centers in the…
Rurbanization: Why It’s Time to Make Cities More Rural
Those calculations focus primarily on the emissions from heavy machinery and long-distance trucking and shipping. But Elizabeth Sawin, founder and director of the Multisolving Institute,…
Rurbanization: It’s Time to Make Cities More Rural
Those calculations focus primarily on the emissions from heavy machinery and long-distance trucking and shipping. But Elizabeth Sawin, founder and director of the Multisolving Institute,…