A sea slug smaller than a sesame seed has turned up in Taiwan’s coastal waters — and it’s so tiny and unusual that scientists realized they had discovered a completely new species. Named Thecacera sesama after its black-and-yellow “sesame-like” appearance, the translucent nudibranch was first spotted during a casual diveContinue Reading
Experts and local activists, wary of past exploitation, are hoping it will be different this time—but aren’t confident it will be. By Avril Silva There is a joke Mónica Godoy Molero likes to make with her family: if you swim in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo after an oil spill, you’ll sproutContinue Reading
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Heat records in parts of Western Europe have been smashed, with weather agencies describing the spring heat wave as “unprecedented” and “remarkable.”Continue Reading
Record-breaking temperatures in Europe are triggering government warnings, with London hitting 95 degrees the past two days. Experts say unpredictable and extreme weather is becoming more frequent.Continue Reading
Academic studies funded or supported by industry are 16 times more likely to draw positive conclusions about the health impacts of meat than independent research, a new review has found. Public health experts at the University of Queensland reviewed 500 nutritional studies, including nearly 80 that had received funding orContinue Reading
Was it all just bullshit? After bold talk of a “ grand bargain ” between Ottawa and Alberta, the much-hyped memorandum of understanding between premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney seems to be devolving into a undignified series of federal capitulations around carbon pricing and clean energy regulations.Continue Reading
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A new report says the United Kingdom must invest in more widespread cooling, particularly for the most vulnerable populations, as climate change accelerates. By Kiley Price Extreme heat is one of the most dangerous climate change risks in the United Kingdom, according to a new government-backed report that warned theContinue Reading
Corporate Canada insists that partnering with First Nations on new natural resources projects will bring prosperity to Indigenous communities and address the country’s long history of colonialism. But there is also a simpler and more transactional reason that companies have for years embraced the idea of so-called “economic reconciliation”. WhenContinue Reading
When a queen wasp suddenly disappears, her colony doesn’t calmly choose a successor — it erupts into chaos. Researchers found that female wasps immediately begin battling for power, shattering the colony’s social order in a frenzy of aggression. But while some fight for the throne, others quietly become the colony’sContinue Reading
NASA’s Calibration Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory Pathfinder (CLARREO Pathfinder) instrument was installed onto the International Space Station’s ExPRESS Logistics Carrier-1 platform on May 22. This mounting site on the International Space Station is a standardized external port location that provides a physical instrument interface and critical operating resources forContinue Reading