The 70th anniversary of D-Day and subsequent campaign in northern France is a chance to pause and reflect. It is also an opportunity to look at the past in detail and ask how much of what we think we know…
In 1996, Congress commissioned the National Park Service to compile a list of sites and landmarks that played a part in the American Revolution. From battlefields to encampments, meeting houses to museums, these places offer us a chance to rediscover…
A brain-computer interface has allowed a 23-year-old quadriplegic man to move his hands again. Unlike previous technologies, the system, called Neurobridge, does not use robotic arms. Instead, the man’s hands respond directly to his thoughts. A computer chip implant in…
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore once observed that the number of transistors on computer chips doubles every two years. This became known in the computing world as Moore’s law, and it continues to drive the industry toward smaller and faster processors.…
The most endangered group of lizards in the world, Caribbean island rock iguanas, have new hope for survival. Governments, academics, nongovernment organizations and private stakeholders are collaborating on more than 20 projects focused on alleviating threats to iguanas, changing public…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has started an investigation of whether manatees should be removed from the endangered list, and reclassified as threatened. The 90-day substantial finding announced by the FWS requires additional in-depth research. The agency will also be opening…
As we keep dumping greenhouse gases into the air, the oceans keep sucking them up, making the waters deadly to their inhabitants. The acidification – which some scientists believe is the fastest change in the ocean's chemistry in 300 million years –…
Scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute and Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research have shown for the first time how the complexity of a life form can limit its ability to adapt to a warming climate. The new sutdy,…
The pygmy sloth’s fates have been up and down over the past 18 months. This summer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the world’s rarest and smallest sloth could deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act. Read more here.
For the last several years scientists have fretted over the future of bees, and although research has shed much light on the crisis, those in the bee business—from hive keepers to commercial farmers—say the insects remain in deep trouble as…