The world’s most advanced telescopes weren’t built for today’s temperatures, and they mess with our observations of the night sky. Three decades of value data – the home of the Paranal Observatory (the European Southern Observatory’s very large telescope (VLT)) in northern Chile – reveals many ways in which climate …
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As a species, humans have inhabited almost every corner of the globe. We have developed the technologies and cultures that shape the world we live in. ‘Natural selection’ or ‘survival idea’ is understood in Stone Age times when we were fighting over the scrap of meat, but does it still …
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A rare blood type, found only in parts of East Africa, can help the body fight malaria even better than our best vaccines. Now, scientists think they’ve figured out how this is possible – and that’s not a defense we’ve considered before. Malaria is caused by five species of mosquito-borne …
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For toddlers, life is full of new experiences. Researchers have now added a whole new landmark to the long list of changes that young people make – a dramatic change in brain function that serves the complex purpose of sleep deprivation. Decades of study on the importance of sleep in …
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Scientists call it the Doomsday Glacier. That’s partly because Britain-sized glacier whites in West Antarctica are melting at an alarming rate: retreating by about half a mile (2,625 feet) each year. Scientists estimate that glaciers will lose their ice in about 200 to 600 years. When that happens, it will …
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