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2016 likely hottest year on record
It'll be the hottest year on record unless the final weeks of 2016 are the coldest of the 21st century so far, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
November 15, 2016
Daylight saving time worth the trouble?
Who benefits from the time change? A scientist on why DST is more burden than boon.
November 5, 2016
How many genes to make a person?
The answer – fewer than are in a banana – has implications for the study of human health and raises questions about what generates complexity anyway.
October 23, 2016
Asgardia: Space nation or pie in sky?
"I have become citizen number 62 of Asgardia, a new space nation dedicated to expanding peaceful exploration of space for the benefit of humanity."
October 20, 2016
Asgardia, the nation state of space
Russian businessman Igor Ashurbeyli believes that an orbiting space station has the potential to become a sovereign nation in space.
October 16, 2016
Spread of early humans: New findings
New studies reveal the diversity of early human populations and help pin down when we left Africa.
October 1, 2016
After a year on (simulated) Mars
A week ago, a test crew emerged after living for a year in Mars-like conditions inside a solar-powered dome on the slopes of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano.
September 4, 2016
Have we been wrong about life’s origin?
For 90 years, science’s favorite explanation for the origin of life has been the “primordial soup”. But recent research adds weight to an alternative idea.
August 27, 2016
How did humans first reach America?
A new study suggests that the first people to reach America travelled via the Pacific coast rather than through a corridor between two giant ice sheets.
August 18, 2016
