Honey bee life spans are 50 percent shorter today than they were 50 years ago
A drop in longevity for lab-kept honey bees could help explain colony losses and lower honey production in…
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Alexis Alford
How the US–China science freeze threatens climate disaster
The world needs the two giants to work together to tackle international threats, even as they protect their…
Wind turbines could help capture carbon dioxide while providing power
Most human-produced CO2 is high in the air. Turbines could funnel it to the ground for removal
Wind…
Scientists Just Discovered an Entirely New Way of Measuring Time
Marking the passage of time in a world of ticking clocks and swinging pendulums is a simple case of counting…
Drone photos reveal an early Mesopotamian city made of marsh islands
A ground-penetrating eye in the sky has helped to rehydrate an ancient southern Mesopotamian city, tagging it as…
‘Breathless’ explores COVID-19’s origins and other pandemic science
When COVID-19 burst onto the global stage in 2020, it was deadly and disruptive. In the first weeks of January,…