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Nobel Prize laureates — including Winnipeg-born James Peebles — took the opportunity Saturday to stress the importance of addressing climate...
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Nobel Prize laureates — including Winnipeg-born James Peebles — took the opportunity Saturday to stress the importance of addressing climate...
The retired commander of the U.S. Strategic Command says the tens of thousands of satellites that SpaceX, OneWeb and Amazon are planning to put into orbit over the next few years will require a new automated system for space traffic management — and perhaps new satellite hardware requirements as well. Retired Gen. Kevin Chilton laid out his ideas for dealing with potentially catastrophic orbital...
The cultural anthropologist on why our view of testosterone as the male sex hormone skews both science and societyKatrina Karkazis, a senior research fellow at Yale University, is a cultural anthropologist working at the intersection of science, technology, gender studies and bioethics. With Rebecca Jordan-Young, a sociomedical scientist, she has written Testosterone: An Unauthorised Biography. It...
Being busy all the time is part of the way we live. But, whether gardening, reading or spacing out on the sofa, taking time to rest is just as importantI’m not very good at resting. When I told friends that after writing books covering emotions, time perception and the psychology of money I had started writing one on rest, their first reaction was usually, “But you’re always working. You...
Sixteen-year-told Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has encouraged students to skip school to demand action on climate change from their...
Sixteen-year-told Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has encouraged students to skip school to demand action on climate change from their...
Scientists working on the next frontier of weather forecasting are hoping that weather conditions 3-to-4 weeks out will soon be as readily available as seven-day forecasts. Having this type of weather information--called subseasonal forecasts--in the hands of the public and emergency managers can provide the critical lead time necessary to prepare for natural hazards like heat waves or the next...
Three of this year's Nobel Prize laureates say addressing climate change is of great importance.
Scientists warn that ocean deoxygenation will have widespread global effects on marine ecosystems and the people that rely on...
At the Trinchera Blanca Ranch in Colorado, a massive tree-eating machine called the feller buncher is used to thin out...
A warmer world means oceans are able to hold less dissolved oxygen, which is bad news for many fish.
Oil and gas groups were accused Saturday of seeking to influence climate talks in Madrid by paying millions in sponsorship and sending dozens of lobbyists to delay what scientists say is a necessary and rapid cut in fossil fuel use.
Out of control bushfires forced residents in eastern Australia to flee their homes on Saturday, as other parts of the country braced for a heatwave due next week.
Your space questions, answered.
Scientists working on the next frontier of weather forecasting are hoping that weather conditions 3-to-4 weeks out will soon be as readily available as seven-day forecasts. Having this type of weather information—called subseasonal forecasts—in the hands of the public and emergency managers can provide the critical lead time necessary to prepare for natural hazards like heat waves or the next...
Insights from their study may provide a novel therapeutic approach for diseases such as Huntington's and Parkinson's.
It’s that time of the year again, when the night sky lights up with meteors as part of the Geminid meteor...
Canada's foreign signals intelligence agency is on the lookout for any threats to Britain's election as the country heads into the final week of...
Friends of the Earth rates the party above the Greens and Lib Dems in its environment policy survey.
Research led by a Monash University scientist has identified a highly conserved mechanism in worms and humans that controls the removal of toxic protein aggregates -- hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases.
The ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group today announced results from extended follow-up of patients in its randomized Phase 3 clinical trial, E1912. Previously untreated patients (aged 70 or younger) with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who received ibrutinib-based therapy lived longer and with sustained benefit, compared to standard FCR chemoimmunotherapy. The updated analysis supports the...
For older patients with AML, the prospects for success of a stem cell transplant can often be predicted based on the particular set of genetic mutations within the tumor cells, investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will report at the ASH Annual Meeting.
A new, experimental immunotherapy can put patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that is resistant to or has come back after multiple other therapies, including CAR T therapy, into remission.
For patients with high-risk myeloid cancers undergoing a donor stem cell transplant, adding the targeted drug venetoclax to a reduced-intensity drug regimen prior to transplant is safe and does not impair the ability of the donor cells to take root in recipients' bodies.
Women who can exercise vigorously are at significantly lower risk of dying from heart disease, cancer and other causes. The research is presented today at EuroEcho 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
A climate system in the Indian Ocean, known as the dipole, is behind extreme weather events in East Africa and Australia.
With insect populations in decline, a study shows how gardens can support beetles, spiders and the like.