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Poll reveals climate change as most important issue for U.S. adults
A Harris Poll survey - conducted online in December on behalf of the American Psychological Association - reports that more than half of U.S. adults (56%) cite climate change as the most important issue facing the world today.
February 6, 2020
Australian smoke plume sets records
The recent wildfires in Australia sent one of the largest plumes of smoke higher into the the stratosphere than satellites have ever before observed.
February 6, 2020
Ötzi the Iceman’s final days
Scientists have identified ancient mosses in, on and around the 5,300-year-old glacier mummy that add to the story of the final 48 hours before his murder.
February 5, 2020
This Australian meteor crater is oldest known, says study
"We found the world's oldest asteroid strike in Western Australia. It might have triggered a global thaw."
January 28, 2020
Why planets have size limits
Why isn't there an endless variety of planet sizes in the universe? Why are most planets like those in our solar system: small and rocky, or big and gaseous?
January 27, 2020
Were snakes the source of China’s coronavirus outbreak?
A report suggests that snakes – the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra – might have been the original source of the coronavirus that's triggered an outbreak of deadly infectious respiratory illnesses in China this year.
January 26, 2020
Meet the narwhal, ‘unicorn of the sea’
This Arctic whale has the only spiral tooth found in nature. But there’s more to the narwhal than its unique tusk.
January 22, 2020
Human evolution: 20 years of discoveries
The pace of archaeological discoveries has picked up in recent decades, helping to refine the human story.
January 11, 2020
Get ready for the ’20s!
"Anybody besides me notice that the past two decades have been nameless?"
December 29, 2019
Why are whales big, but not bigger?
How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don't they get even bigger?
December 18, 2019
