From Belém to Antalya – gains, gaps and challenges for a new Just Transition Mechanism 

Could a new mechanism to help countries transition to a cleaner, safer and fairer world be one of the main deliverables from the COP31 climate summit in Türkiye this November?…

Analisa Lazaro-Côté | Predictors of thermal thresholds in climate-impacted fish – Functional Ecologists

In our latest ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Analisa Lazaro-Côté – a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Manitoba – discusses the article “Transcriptional breakpoints as predictors of thermal…

9,000-year-old mining workshop unearthed at Çayönü Hill

Archaeologists excavating one of Türkiye’s most important Neolithic settlements have uncovered an approximately 9,000-year-old mining workshop, providing striking new evidence of specialised copper and malachite production in prehistoric communities. The…

Two astronauts replace ISS camera and docking aid on 6th-ever all-female spacewalk (video)

Two astronauts replaced a spacecraft docking aid and a video camera during a successful spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on Tuesday (Sept. 1). NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and…

Preventing wildfires must be the priority

Gill Einhorn is head of the Forest Future Alliance and Natalie Çilem is community lead of the Global Wildfire Leadership Network. Wildfires have devastated communities across the world this summer,…

Here’s how to navigate your options and find the right clinician

As a mental health nurse practitioner who sees patients both in person and via telehealth, I’m often struck by just how many of my patients would not have received any…

Politicizing science: Trump’s pick to head the FDA—Heidi Overton— promotes an ‘alternative system’ of ‘conservative-based science’

President Trump’s nominee to run the Food and Drug Administration once called for conservatives to build their own scientific journals and steer research funding toward right-wing policy goals, as Scientific American’s…

Homeowner stumbles upon Denmark’s largest-ever Viking silver hoard

A homeowner preparing to build a new patio has accidentally uncovered the largest Viking silver treasure ever discovered in Denmark, revealing hundreds of objects that offer a remarkable glimpse into…

NASA’s doomed Swift space telescope restarts science work after rescue mission fails

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is back to studying the universe after spending months in a low-drag configuration while awaiting an orbital rescue mission that ultimately fell short. Mission controllers…

These worms move faster when you give them less space

For humans, running across an open field is usually a faster way to cross it than crawling through an underground tunnel. But things are different for tiny worms. They squeeze…