Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Grooming-related messages reach almost two-thirds of children
Nearly two-thirds of Australian children surveyed in a recent study received at least one form of grooming-related communication from a stranger online in the p...
Chesapeake Bay underwater grasses increase 7%, buoyed by gains in salty waters
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), one of the Chesapeake Bay's most important indicators of ecosystem health, increased by 7% in 2025, according to researchers...
A vicarious calibration model enables quantitative applications of Fengyun-3 satellite ocean color data
Ocean color remote sensing is a vital tool for monitoring global ocean carbon sinks and primary productivity. However, the on-orbit calibration accuracy of sate...
Why does Southeast Asia keeps breathing the same haze—and can ASEAN do more to stop it?
Southeast Asia has spent decades trying to tackle haze from forest fires. Yet every few years, the region finds itself breathing it again. The transboundary env...
New computational method pushes cryo-electron microscopy beyond traditional resolution limits
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has become a powerful tool for determining the structures of proteins, viruses and molecular complexes at near-atomic resolut...
Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds
Squinting through my binoculars, I scanned the dense branches of a black spruce, trying my best to catch a glimpse of the thin legs of a small black, white and...
Why a wetter Tibetan Plateau still faces 'hot-dry' extremes: The roles of ENSO and the North Atlantic
Since the 1950s, the Tibetan Plateau has experienced pronounced warming and wetting. However, an overall shift toward wetter conditions does not necessarily mea...
Some black holes grow much faster than their galaxies
Nearly every galaxy has a supermassive black hole. The few that don't have had theirs ejected during a galactic collision. That's because galaxies and their bla...
Searching for unknown fungi in the Norwegian mountains
During some days in August, science takes center stage. The experts are surveying the little-known diversity of fungi found in the alpine Dryas heath. They may...
Action on climate and air pollution likely to boost economy, UN says
Every US$1 invested in tackling climate change and air pollution together can generate around US$15 in economic benefits, according to a report published today...
Germany's 15-year-olds post lowest PISA results since testing began 25 years ago
The PISA study regularly assesses 15-year-olds' ability to understand and solve real-life problems in reading, mathematics and science toward the end of their c...
Researchers rewire ribosomes to specialize in one protein
Every cell relies on ribosomes, the molecular machines that read genetic instructions and use them to assemble proteins. A cell needs thousands of types of prot...