January 2025 was warmest on record despite La Nina’s cooling effect: EU climate agency
Although signs of La Nina were visible in the central Pacific, ocean temperatures in the…
A question for the AI age: do machines and humans learn the same way?
The dramatic surge of artificial intelligence (AI) has also made visible the machines humming underneath…
Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal ‘dead’
The Eaton Fire destroys a structure, January 7, 2025, in Altadena, California. | Photo Credit:…
Lightning strikes make collecting a fungus for traditional Chinese medicine a deadly pursuit
In the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, a rare fungus grows inside dead caterpillars. In traditional Chinese…
Trump trouble? A psychologist’s guide to dealing with political distress
I began practicing psychotherapy during the Reagan administration. Thirty years went by before distress about politics…
Astronomers spot asteroid that may be heading for the earth
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid…
Rubies and emeralds get their colours from a common metal
The colours of rubies and emeralds are so striking that they define shades of red…
What the ‘moral distress’ of doctors tells us about eroding trust in health care
I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System in New York state,…
Question Corner: A piercing eye in the desert
The telescope is a project of the European Southern Observatory intergovernmental research organisation and is…