Chinese and Norwegian scientists have drilled an almost 600-meter deep hole into the Tibetan Plateau. This gives them a window into the past. Among their findings is that ice age cycles suddenly became stronger just over 600,000 years ago. Researchers were also struck by how little plant life has changed over the past 1.7 million years.
Data on how Norwegians move around allow for a finetuned model of calculating the spread of coronavirus
After four billion years, the code of life has begun to shrink The genetic code is billions of years old and contains the recipe for all life. Now scientists have managed to change it.
Mathematical models can predict animals’ risk of extinction It’s not easy to predict whether a species will die out. However, scientists from Syddansk Universitet are on the case using statistics to save endangered animals.
Emil Korsmo’s goal was to beat back weeds. But the wall charts he made of the bothersome plants were beautiful and popular
Discovered new species on Svalbard: Britney was an arctic plesiosaur with a tiny head and enormous eyes
Wolves, but no dogs, in Scandinavian wolf population’s heritage There is no evidence that Scandinavia’s wolf population has been influenced by dog-wolf hybrids, new research shows.
Why we need a modern origin story today Big history is the story about how the world came to be as it is. Now, as we need to manage the entire planet, we need to know an origin story more than ever.
We desperately need to store more carbon – seagrass could be the answer Seagrass plants have an excellent capacity for taking up and storing carbon in the oxygen-depleted seabed, where it decomposes much slower than on land. This oxygen-free sediment traps the carbon in the dead plant material which may then remain buried for hundreds of years.
Smartphones still need to be charged daily. So what's happened to the battery revolution we've been promised?
The Kongsberg mines are famous for their beautiful native silver. Researcher now claims they may also be full of gold.
