Early Earth's auroral belts may have formed a natural ion-beam reactor for prebiotic chemistry

We usually think of auroras as beautiful lights in the night sky. I see them as visible traces of a connection between the ...

Crime is falling—but the public doesn't feel safer, UK study finds

Crime levels are falling for most offenses across the UK—but the public doesn't necessarily feel safer. It's a human trait to ...

How Indigenous Protected Areas became a vital way to protect nature in Australia

In 1998, Nantawarrina became Australia's first Indigenous Protected Area. The former pastoral station in South Australia's Flinders Ranges was heavily degraded. Over the following decades, the ...

Park rangers and residents speak up to save Togo's last national park

A few years ago, I drove with an old friend from Togo, West Africa, towards the country's last remaining large protected area ...

AI governance model inspired by Pope Leo XIV aims to put ethics first

Researchers at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) and the University of Eastern Finland have developed a ...

War drama Pressure depicts D‑day's weather forecast—what we found when we recreated the challenge using modern systems

Meteorologist James Stagg gave what many regard as the most important weather forecast in history in June 1944. The fate of ...

Bumpy battery surfaces can masquerade as nanoscale ion pathways, misleading material design

A signal that appears to show ions moving inside a battery may, in fact, be an illusion caused by an uneven surface. A KAIST ...

Survey of young researchers raises concerns over future of science in U.S.

One-third of young scientists who had been planning careers in academic research changed their minds in the spring of 2025, ...

From strays to territory bosses: Epigenetics makes cheetahs adaptable

The findings of a new study led by the Leibniz-IZW on Namibian free-ranging cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) demonstrate ...

A child's first 5 years set them up for life. African study explores how to target education spending

The first five years of life lay an important foundation for children's future schooling, health and earnings. Yet over 77% ...

The listening gap is real—how AI might help teachers bridge it

A Grade 4 teacher showed her class a video of children who walk miles barefoot to school. A hand shot up: "Why are you ...

Deep biosphere has endured mountain-building and erosion over hundreds of millions of years

A new study reveals that microbial life deep within Earth has persisted and repeatedly flourished through hundreds of ...