Category Science & Discovery

Credit: Ailin Sosa Drouville A new study published in PeerJ reveals that the teeth of South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) hold valuable clues about past population dynamics. Researchers from the Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos, the Centro para…

Deforestation affects local climate by altering the water balance, wind patterns, and heat and radiation fluxes between the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere. Owing to the interplay of these effects, the overall influence of deforestation on rainfall has been notoriously…

Following the successful hatchings of two little eaglets this week, a third egg has hatched for internet-famous bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow. The third eaglet arrived before 6:13 a.m. PST on March 8. The third pip was confirmed on…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Despite large multinational companies such as Goldman Sachs, Paramount, Google and others removing their diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the evidence is clear: having a diverse team can help businesses make better, more empathetic decisions. At…

The number of women now entering science, technology, engineering and mathematics and medicine (STEMM) careers is growing at a faster rate than that of men. And although women still account for only about 35% of the STEMM workforce, research has…

A polar bear lounges in a field of pink flowers. An arctic fox skips gingerly as the thaw of spring moves in. And a baby chimpanzee sips a bottle. The 2024 Nature Photography Contest showcases the complicated beauty and inspiring…

Field photographs of rocks on the flanks on the North Pole Dome. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57558-3 We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The…

In October, after almost a decade of work, Google licensed its artificial intelligence (AI) model for detecting the eye disease diabetic retinopathy to three health-care technology companies — two in India and one in Thailand. It came with a condition:…

For six months in 1893, Chicago was abuzz. More than 27 million people flocked to the fast-growing metropolis for the event of the century: the World’s Columbian Exposition, aka the World’s Fair. Perhaps the fair’s most pioneering display was found…

A flock of birds fly in front of the full moon over the city center in Tallinn, Estonia, Oct. 17, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File Landing a spacecraft on the moon has long been a series of hits and…