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06/18/24 WGBH Forum Network webinar. Particle physics research is unravelling the mysteries of matter. CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has made very significant discoveries (including the Higgs boson), but physicists now need to expand the probe. Tulika Bose
05/14/24 WGBH Forum Network Webinar. Our universe is expanding because of dark energy --one of the greatest mysteries in science. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), specifically designed to measure that expansion, has now produced the largest and most precise 3D map for the expansion analysis. And the first results of the survey are amazing. Paul Martini
05/06/24 WGBH Forum Network webinar. All sorts of animals engage in imaginative types of play. Is this behavior just creature-entertainment, or is it important for development and bonding? David Toomey
04/23/24 Promoted for years as a means to strengthen bones and lower risk of multiple diseases, improved studies by JoAnn Manson and others revealed that Vitamin D supplements were not very effective at all. Natural sources, including sunshine, are much better. It’s important to understand why. JoAnn Manson
Stellar death explosions produce massive gas and dust clouds, and some of that detritus becomes solar systems ...
The unexpected and unlikely nature of the photon was hard to believe
Mounting evidence suggests a link between chemicals in consumer products and breast cancer.
What's so important about an atmosphere? Find out here.
Many of the most important advances in scientific understanding were initially rejected or ignored.
In an era of global science, other nations are increasing their science budgets. Why aren't we?
The long reign of bacteria, the eventual branching and diversification, symbiogenesis, the dramatic mass extinctions and resurgence of life...
06/01/23 Although all life depends on microbial ecosystems, there are many unknowns about the mechanisms by which these ecosystems develop and evolve in diverse environments. Otto Cordero
05/16/23 Microbial ecosystems sustain all ocean life. That vital foundation will be disrupted by deep-sea mining and the impact may be extensive. Julie Huber and Beth Orcutt
05/10/21 Healthy soil depends on healthy microbial ecosystems. These invisible communities have a very complex relationship. Kristen DeAngelis
Sci-News ROUNDUP 05/04/24 - 05/10/24
Sci-News ROUNDUP 05/11/24 - 05/17/24
La Nina Is On Its Way Back. An Atmospheric Scientist Explains What to Expect
Major Emitters ‘May Retain or Expand’ Fossil Fuels Despite Net-Zero Plans
Big Banks Have Funded Climate Crisis With Nearly $7 Trillion Since Paris Agreement
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09/08/15 Mathematician L. Mahadevan describes how nature, science and art intersect. It will change your entire perspective.
07/25/23 For centuries, we Earthlings have considered ourselves unique in the universe. Scientists today, however, tend to doubt our exceptionalism. But just how common might intelligent life be? Mario Livio
12/17/15 The compelling search for entirely new forms of life elsewhere in our solar system and the universe. David Toomey
08/05/13 A visit to the Barabási Lab at Northeastern University to learn how scale-free complex networks affect scientific perspectives
05/16/17 An important explanation of the relationship between glacial cycles and climate change. Jack Ridge
10/10/14 A leader in the international research on marine sediments explains how climate history is recorded in ocean sediments. Richard Murray
06/21/11 In this extraordinary era almost any limb, organ or tissue can be replaced. Shawn Kelly
06/12/14 Many nations prohibit GMO foods, but the US doesn't even require labeling. What can science tell us about GMOs? Sheldon Krimsky
05/23/17 The great potential of ordinary plants in the development of "green" batteries. Alán Aspuru-Guzik
01/11/2022 Is the hype about blue hydrogen as a "clean" energy resource valid? A major investigation emphatically contradicts the "clean" claim. Robert Howarth
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