Science & Technology

Grappling with COVID and climate on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day

The Montreal Protocol saved the ozone. It’s also slowing global warming

Science reveals how the insects' paper-thin wings withstand the heat of the sun

Columbia astronomers suggest an alternative to the rocket ship

They’re being too “conservative,” but not in the way you might think

The hydra has one of the oldest and most rudimentary nervous systems of any species

(Another reason to think twice before eating snow)

Songbirds offer insights into language learning, and other findings

(It’s bigger than Lake Erie and Lake Ontario combined)

Fund people over programs, study suggests.

A new study suggests that they may have helped slash US murder rates in the 1990s

Why does an island in the Indian Ocean contain a mountain of crystalline rock that could never have formed there naturally?