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MAY 16, 2021Space & Astronomy
It may get dark at night, but there's still light in the sky in even the darkest places. This low glow comes from natura ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Tokyo have found that under certain extreme conditions, hydrogen particles can bond s ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 15, 2021Space & Astronomy
Scientists know that water is abundant in the solar system- existing in the rings of Saturn and on its moon, Enceladus. ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 14, 2021Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Current Biology details the finding of a previously unidentified species of cyanobacteria. The ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 13, 2021Genetics & Genomics
There are many islands that have unique flora and fauna, like these limbless creatures (Photo © Andrew Stanbridge) of Sã ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2021Plants & Animals
Download this smartphone app to help document one of North America's natural wonders.Written By: Anne MedinaMAY 12, 2021Plants & Animals
Bumblebees play crucial roles in nature as pollinators for many wildflowers, and in agriculture as pollinators of field ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explains that shallo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 10, 2021Earth & The Environment
Increased flooding is predicted to occur in the Himalaya and Pamir regions of the world, known as the Third Pole, due to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 10, 2021Plants & Animals
How do sharks make transatlantic journeys without losing their way? New research published this week in Current Biology ...Written By: Anne MedinaMAY 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
NASA sent the Perseverance rover to Mars loaded with cutting edge technology, one piece of which is a robotic helicopter ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2021Earth & The Environment
Need another reason to go vegetarian or vegan? In the United States alone, there are 16,000 deaths annually resulting fr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 07, 2021Space & Astronomy
While experts agree that most life on Earth would not be able to survive on Mars, NASA researchers have previously sugge ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 07, 2021Microbiology
There's water all over the world, but only a bit of it - 0.3% - is useful to us, making wastewater treatment an essentia ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 06, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests that there is a greater risk from earthquakes and tsunamis tha ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 05, 2021Earth & The Environment
A simulated evolutionary process in a laboratory has given way to blue-green algae with greater tolerance for high level ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 05, 2021Microbiology
An image of Bicellum brasieri by Prof P.K. Strother. The fossil suggests multicellular structures existed 400 million ye ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2021Space & Astronomy
In the next few days, part of a rocket that put China's new space station into orbit will fall back to Earth in an uncon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2021Earth & The Environment
A new paper published in Nature Nanotechnology calls for intensified research into the movement of nanoplastics within o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 02, 2021Space & Astronomy
Although Venus is our planet’s closest neighbour, its fundamental properties have remained largely unknown. Now th ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 02, 2021Plants & Animals
New work in Nature Climate Change has determined that in the last decade, the Brazilian Amazon released over 20% more ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
In a new study, an international team of researchers have found that almost all of the world’s glaciers are in ret ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 30, 2021Plants & Animals
The oldest environmental holiday in the United States is Arbor Day, celebrated on April 30. It's a day for inspiring peo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have created a new map that includes the outermost regions of our Milky Way galaxy. Image by: NASA/JPL/Calte ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It may get dark at night, but there's still light in the sky in even the darkest places. This low glow comes from natura
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Tokyo have found that under certain extreme conditions, hydrogen particles can bond s
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 15, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Scientists know that water is abundant in the solar system- existing in the rings of Saturn and on its moon, Enceladus.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 14, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Current Biology details the finding of a previously unidentified species of cyanobacteria. The
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
There are many islands that have unique flora and fauna, like these limbless creatures (Photo © Andrew Stanbridge) of Sã
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2021
Plants & Animals
Download this smartphone app to help document one of North America's natural wonders.
Written By:
Anne Medina
MAY 12, 2021
Plants & Animals
Bumblebees play crucial roles in nature as pollinators for many wildflowers, and in agriculture as pollinators of field
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explains that shallo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Increased flooding is predicted to occur in the Himalaya and Pamir regions of the world, known as the Third Pole, due to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
How do sharks make transatlantic journeys without losing their way? New research published this week in Current Biology
...
Written By:
Anne Medina
MAY 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA sent the Perseverance rover to Mars loaded with cutting edge technology, one piece of which is a robotic helicopter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Need another reason to go vegetarian or vegan? In the United States alone, there are 16,000 deaths annually resulting fr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 07, 2021
Space & Astronomy
While experts agree that most life on Earth would not be able to survive on Mars, NASA researchers have previously sugge
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 07, 2021
Microbiology
There's water all over the world, but only a bit of it - 0.3% - is useful to us, making wastewater treatment an essentia
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 06, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests that there is a greater risk from earthquakes and tsunamis tha
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 05, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A simulated evolutionary process in a laboratory has given way to blue-green algae with greater tolerance for high level
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 05, 2021
Microbiology
An image of Bicellum brasieri by Prof P.K. Strother. The fossil suggests multicellular structures existed 400 million ye
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In the next few days, part of a rocket that put China's new space station into orbit will fall back to Earth in an uncon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A new paper published in Nature Nanotechnology calls for intensified research into the movement of nanoplastics within o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 02, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Although Venus is our planet’s closest neighbour, its fundamental properties have remained largely unknown. Now th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 02, 2021
Plants & Animals
New work in Nature Climate Change has determined that in the last decade, the Brazilian Amazon released over 20% more ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In a new study, an international team of researchers have found that almost all of the world’s glaciers are in ret
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 30, 2021
Plants & Animals
The oldest environmental holiday in the United States is Arbor Day, celebrated on April 30. It's a day for inspiring peo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have created a new map that includes the outermost regions of our Milky Way galaxy. Image by: NASA/JPL/Calte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch