From tape measures to space lasers: Quantifying biomass of the world's tallest forests

In this era of accelerating climate crisis, accounting for all aspects of Earth's carbon cycle is a crucial task. The magnitude of atmospheric carbon burden means trees and forests are limited but ... Read More

Trees News

4, 2024 — A research group was able to measure a spike in radiocarbon concentration of trees in Lapland that ... expansion of deforestation in the world, ... Why Do Tree Frogs Lay Their Eggs ... Read More

Top Science News

Apr. 11, 2024 — Cloud 'engineering' could be more effective for climate cooling than previously thought, because of the increased cloud cover produced, new research ... Blood Protein Could Help ... Read More

Environmental Science News

Apr. 11, 2024 — New research is shedding light on one barrier to a clean energy future: corrosion. Using nanoscale imaging techniques, researchers have captured high-resolution videos of tiny ... Read More

World's largest digital camera to research elusive dark matter, dark energy

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science has supported the development of the LSST ... Dark matter produces no light or energy, which makes it invisible to existing technology. Scientists ... Read More

World News

The Israeli war cabinet met again on Monday to discuss the strike, with some hawkish members of the prime minister’s government calling for a swift and forceful retaliation. By Cassandra ... Read More

Computer Science News

Apr. 10, 2024 — A new technique can more effectively perform a safety check on an AI chatbot. Researchers enabled their model to prompt a chatbot to generate toxic responses, which are used to ... Read More

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April 15, 2024 • Jury selection is underway for Donald Trump's hush-money trial — the first time in U.S. history a former president is being tried on criminal charges. A decision could come by ... Read More

Alzheimer's News

Apr. 2, 2024 — Researchers have used computational models to understand what drives the accumulation of alpha-synuclein protein, a key culprit in the development of Parkinson's ... New Imaging ... Read More

Nutrition News

Apr. 12, 2024 — A research team has unearthed new findings which may help explain the connection between cancer risk and poor diet, as well as common diseases like diabetes, which arise from ... Read More

The World’s Largest Reindeer Herd

although it is still the largest in the world. Sharks, lions, alligators, and more! Don’t miss today’s latest and most exciting animal news. Click here to access the A-Z Animals profile page ... Read More

McDonald’s is the world’s largest restaurant chain. And now, there’s a new second

McDonald’s is the largest restaurant chain in the world, with 41,822 locations, about a third of which are in the U.S. The fast food chain saw sales of roughly $120 billion last year, according ... Read More