Ask a runner what they eat before a long race and you’ll probably get a variety of answers. Some will suggest a light meal of fruit or lean protein an hour before a race, while others will advise loading up on pasta the night before. For vampire bats, however, it turns out that a bowl … Read more
Getty Images The mega-rich are using private jets like taxis, warn climate scientists who tracked the flights to calculate the planet-warming gases they emit. Scientists found that carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to climate change, increased by 46% between 2019 and 2023. The researchers tracked all private flights globally, including summer weekend trips to Ibiza, … Read more
Researchers may have found a way to create a new super-heavy element, known as “element 120”, which would be so heavy that it would have to be placed in a new row in periodic table of elements. If they can create this hypothetical element, its atoms could represent an “island of stability” that could revolutionize … Read more
My name is Sriram Parasurama and I am a second year PhD student in the Horticulture Graduate School of Integrative Plant Sciences. I research how trees in our local forests interact with fungi in the soil and how this interaction affects the web of ecology throughout the ecosystem. I was arrested on October 9th outside … Read more