Feb 25, 2020 13:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
About 1 of every 25 deaths in the U.S. occurs prematurely because of exposure to air pollution. Dirty air kills roughly 110,000 Americans yearly, which is more than all transportation accidents and shootings...
Feb 25, 2020 12:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
A silent revolution is happening in investing. It is a paradigm shift that will have a profound impact on corporations, countries and pressing issues like climate change. Yet most people are not even aware of it. In a...
Mine waste dams threaten the environment, even when they don't fail
Feb 25, 2020 12:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Scars from large mining operations are permanently etched across the landscapes of the world. The environmental damage and human health hazards that these activities create may be both severe and irreversible. Many...
Why drought-busting rain depends on the tropical oceans
Feb 25, 2020 12:28 pm UTC| Nature
Recent helpful rains dampened fire grounds and gave many farmers a reason to cheer. But much of southeast Australia remains in severe drought. Australia is no stranger to drought, but the current one stands out when...
Want to help save wildlife after the fires? You can do it in your own backyard
Feb 25, 2020 01:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
People living in cities far from the unprecedented bushfires this summer may feel they can do little more to help beyond donating to organisations that support affected wildlife. But this is not necessarily the case: ten...
Buzz off honey industry, our national parks shouldn’t be milked for money
Feb 24, 2020 07:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Among the vast number of native species damaged by the recent bushfire crisis, we must not forget native pollinators. These animals, mainly insects such as native bees, help sustain ecosystems by pollinating native...
I've always wondered: who would win in a fight between the Black Mamba and the Inland Taipan?
Feb 22, 2020 00:21 am UTC| Nature
Who would win in a fight between the Black Mamba and the Inland Taipan? Biswajit Tripathy Dear Biswajit, What a fascinating question! Before we start talking about the fight, we first need to think about why...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects