• Artificial intelligence helps scientists engineer plants to fight climate change

    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared that removing carbon from the atmosphere is now essential to fighting climate change and limiting global temperature rise. To support these efforts, Salk Institute scientists are harnessing plants' natural ability to draw carbon dioxide out of the air by optimizing their root systems to store more carbon for a longer period of time.

  • Scientists explore how to improve crop yields

    'It is very important how you select the crop species that you combine, because the tomato did profit from the peas, but the carrot most certainly did not. This was probably due to lack of light. The tall tomato and pea plants did out-compete the carrot by taking light from it'

  • The Enquirer was the go-to tabloid. Trump helped change that.

    Even by National Enquirer standards, testimony by its former publisher David Pecker at Donald Trump's hush money trial this week has revealed an astonishing level of corruption at America's best-known tabloid and may one day be seen as the moment it effectively died.

  • How to spot fake online reviews (with a little help from AI)

    Before you buy something, or visit a new restaurant, or see a new film, you may be tempted to check out the online reviews. Researching what strangers think of the things we might like has become a familiar part of the modern consumer experience.

  • Petition: Help Save Pygmy Rabbits from Climate Change

    Please sign this petition to keep these adorable little endangered creatures safe from the dangers of climate change!

  • I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes – this app helped me change my diet

    myfitnesspal is an incredible app for tracking what you're eating so you can make informed decisions about your diet.

  • Scientists use 'leaf glow' to understand changing climate

    New University of Minnesota research suggests "leaf glow" provides vital information on vegetation dynamics in Arctic and boreal ecosystems like Minnesota's forests and wetlands, which are among the fastest warming in the world. Using remote sensing to monitor the natural glow may help scientists better track climate change and its impact on our natural resources.

  • New small molecule helps scientists study regeneration

    Regenerating damaged tissues or organs has been a dream of scientists for decades. Now, researchers at the FMI and Novartis Biomedical Research have discovered a new molecule that activates a protein involved in regeneration. The tool holds promise for advancing our understanding of how organisms repair damaged tissue.

  • Labor to wipe $3bn from Hecs and Help debts through indexation changes

    Measure to ensure student debts can’t outpace wage growth by retrospectively capping indexation rate for loansFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will cut around $3bn in student debts through a key change to the Hecs and Help programs, reversing last year’s horror indexation hike and delivering a $1,200 saving for the average person.The measure, to be outlined in this month’s federal...

  • Going Color-Blind Could Help Americans See What Truly Unites Them

    Andre Archie is not arguing for the abolition of ethnic identity but for Americans to see their American identity as primary.

  • New instrument could help scientists tailor plasma to produce more fusion heat

    Creating heat from fusion reactions requires carefully manipulating the properties of plasma, the electrically charged fourth state of matter that makes up 99% of the visible universe.

  • "A robot helped remove my womb and cervix, and has eliminated my lifelong endometriosis pain"

    A woman who has suffered with horrendous pain from endometriosis for most of her life has been left pain-free after undergoing a robot-assisted hysterectomy. Katie Titman, aged 42, is the first patient in South Yorkshire to benefit from the surgery, in which a surgeon controls a robot from a console nearby. Using the robot speeds up recovery and the operation itself, and can achieve more than the human hand with more intricate movements and 360 degree rotation. Katie, from Lowedges, Sheffield,...