Ice-giant planet was having a bad day when Voyager came calling
For almost 40 years, scientists thought Uranus had a bizarre magnetosphere — the area dominated by its magnetic field. It
why Indigenous researchers often face double duty
When Amanda Black started university in New Zealand in 1995, she got her first taste of discrimination. Black is an
Protecting forests to benefit people
It’s easy to feel discouraged about the state of the planet. Though the headlines seem bleak, the fight to protect
Indigenous activist wins prestigious award
From the deserts of Chad to the halls of the United Nations, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim has been a tireless advocate
The strange story of how one researcher’s photo made it onto a banknote
Trond Larsen’s “famous” closeup of a species of frog, Mantella baroni, in Madagascar. (© Trond Larsen) Everyone has a hobby.
Wildlife find haven amid Brazil’s vanishing savanna
Brazil is home to a vast, but overlooked, tropical savanna called the Cerrado. This sprawling patchwork of open grassland and
Why we are all lab rats in the digital world
Whenever we go online, we might find ourselves part of an experiment — without knowing it. Digital platforms track what
Why did Earth’s first radio message to alien civilizations leave out half of humanity?
As the electronic signals from our planet expand ever outwards into space, the world is marking 50 years since humanity
South Korea can boost the research potential of low-income countries
South Korea has the resources and history to collaborate with low-income countries in a mutually beneficial way.Credit: imaginima/Getty Science is
There is a multitude of microbe-based climate solutions — time to use them
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