In 2012, artist Matthew Inman published two comics on his popular comedy website The Oatmeal. One was a personal piece called “My Dog: The Paradox” about the weird habits of his pet canine, Rambo. The ...

Interested contributors now have until 1 May 2026 to submit abstracts for the Sixth International Conference on Nuclear Power Plant Life Management (PLiM 6), to be held from 7 to 11 December 2026 in ...

An agentic AI tool for battery researchers harnesses data from previous battery designs to predict the cycle life of new battery concepts. With information from just 50 cycles, the tool—developed at ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Scott Adams began his career as a ...

Lila Maladesky's PhD project is funded by the European Research Council Humans like plants. We like seeing them change the colour of their leaves throughout the year. They connect us to nature even if ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Georgia Power proposes adding a new natural gas unit to Plant McIntosh as part of a major grid expansion. An expert witness testified the proposed unit would be the most expensive natural gas plant in ...

Just in time for flu season, Secretary of Health and Human Service Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his hand-picked vaccine review panel are preparing to make major changes to the vaccine landscape of ...

Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand. When you purchase ...

Around 410 million years ago terrestrial life was relatively simple. There were no forests or prairies—land was largely dominated by slimy microbial mats. The types of plants that would eventually ...

Working with South African daisies, Colombian magnolias and Philippine coffee trees, botanists the world over are discovering the secrets to bringing extremely rare and threatened plants back from the ...