The U.S. Supreme Court is set this week to hear a closely watched case testing the limits of religious rights, and new Justice Neil
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Cephalopods May Have Traded Evolution Gains For Extra Smarts
Octopus, squid and cuttlefish don’t always follow the rules laid out in their DNA. Straying from prescribed genetic instructions may have increased the cephalopods’
Sci-Fi Forest Tracks Carbon Impact
An industrial-scale experiment in a Staffordshire forest will help fill gaps in knowledge about climate change.
A Tiny Fish With Fearsome Fangs Uses An Opioid-Like Venom To Escape Enemies
The deceptively adorable fangblenny is only 2 inches long and lives in places like Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
US Scientists Launch World’s Biggest Solar Geoengineering Study
US scientists are set to send aerosol injections 20km up into the earth’s stratosphere in the world’s biggest solar geoengineering programme to date, to
‘Religious Left’ Emerging As U.S. Political Force In Trump Era
Since President Donald Trump’s election, monthly lectures on social justice at the 600-seat Gothic chapel of New York’s Union Theological Seminary have been filled
Groovy: Scientists Say They’ve Found The First Fluorescent Frog
The South American polka dot tree frog was recently found to glow fluorescent under ultraviolet light.
Cloudy With A Chance Of Contrails: NASA Clears Up Skies With New Fuel
By trailing extremely closely behind an aircraft, NASA pilots may have helped find a way to cut particle emissions from planes by up to
Activists Work To Preserve Government Environmental Data
Scott Simon talks with historian Matt Price, whose group holds “hack-a-thons” to preserve scientific information. Activists fear environmental data will be harder to find
Is There A Way To Tackle Air Pollution?
A London primary school may issue face-masks to its pupils. The council in Cornwall may take the extreme step of moving people out of