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Topic: Science (page 25)

Iceberg melting in Disko Bay in Greenland (Getty Images/Paul Souders)

Arctic greening won’t save the climate

Donatella Zona - The Conversation
A captured fisher is released after undergoing sedation and physical examination, a part of the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s longstanding efforts to monitor the culturally important species. (Elizabeth Miller / Undark)

The quest to monitor a rare carnivore

Elizabeth Miller - Undark
A scientist in front of a blackboard filled with formulas and equations (Getty Images/nicolas_)

Academia is failing future scientists

Paul M. Sutter - Undark
Pumpjack at oil industry against cloudy sky during sunset in North Dakota, USA (Getty Images)

SEC requires public emissions disclosure

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
Anti-abortion and pro-choice demonstrators wave their signs outside the United States Supreme Court Building during the former group's annual March for Life, Washington DC, January 22, 1989. Among the visible signs are 'Equal Rights Begin in the Womb,' 'Life Begins at Conception,' and, on the other side of the issue, 'Keep Abortion Legal.' (Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why no one can define when "life" begins

Nathan Nobis
Megachile pluto, aka Wallace's Giant Bee (WikiCommons/Naturalis Biodiversity Center)

The parable of the world’s largest bee

Oliver Milman - Undark
Dakota Access Pipeline (Getty Images)

Dakota Access Pipeline breaks the law

Joseph Lee - Grist
(Getty/kosmos111)

Mosquitoes are happy with climate change

Melissa Bailey - KFF Health News
The RV Thomas G. Thompson, a research vessel owned and operated by the University of Washington. (Mark Harris for Undark)

Allegations on ill-fated science cruise

Mark Harris - Undark
The Pfizer logo is seen reflected in a drop on a needle (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Pfizer CEO pushes yearly Covid shots

Arthur Allen - KFF Health News
Washington DC Capitol Line Graph (Getty Images/traffic_analyzer)

How political polling got all messed up

Matthew Rozsa
Satelite footage of Hurricane Dorian (NOAA/Getty/Sean Gallup)

5G could be bad for weather forecasting

Chad Small - Grist
Woman's hands holding an empty dish bowl (Getty Images/Marinela Malcheva)

Why fasting makes you feel "high"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Young woman holding birth control pills blister pack (Getty Images/Dimitri Otis)

Birth control side effects elude science

Saima Sidik - Undark
In this photo illustration, a man looks at his supplies for type-1 diabetes management, including tubed insulin pump, insulin vial, syringe, needle, insulin cartridge, and infusion site applicator. (Matt Harbicht/Getty Images for Tandem Diabetes Care)

A cure for Type 1 diabetes inches nearer

Nicole Karlis
"A Trip to the Moon." French movie by Georges Melies, 1902. Space rocket hits moon in the eye. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Scientists elated by lunar junk impact

Matthew Rozsa
Smaller than a penny, the flower-like rock artifact on the left was imaged by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the end of its robotic arm. The image was taken on Feb. 24, 2022, the 3,396th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The “flower,” along with the spherical rock artifacts seen to the right, were made in the ancient past when minerals carried by water cemented the rock. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

Mars' bizarre "flower" rock, explained

Matthew Rozsa
DNA, Atoms and particles (Getty Images/Yuichiro Chino)

Genomics' ethical gray areas abroad

Dyna Rochmyaningsih - Undark
Three generations of NIke air defense missiles showing, L-R Ajax (1953), Hercules (1958), and Zeus (1960), late 1960s or early 1970s. The Hercules & Zeus had nuclear warhead carrying capabilities. (Adam Glickman/Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

Why we still can't intercept ICBMs

Nicole Karlis
Nodules of nitrogen-fixing Rhizobia bacteria on the roots of forage legumes (Getty Images / Bill Barksdale / Design Pics)

Could a bacteria replace fertilizer?

Eric Schank
James Webb Space Telescope looking at galaxies (Photo illustration by NASA)

Finding ET through... pollutants?

Nicole Karlis
Harvard University Professor E.O. Wilson in his office at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. USA. Professor Wilson is a biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and author. He is considered to be the world's leading authority on the study of ants. (Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)

New evidence about E.O. Wilson and race

Michael Schulson - Undark
Oil pipelines, pumping rigs, and electrical transmission lines dot the landscape along California's "Petroleum Highway" (Highway 33) running along the northwestern side of the San Joaquin Valley on April 24, 2020, near McKittrick, California. (George Rose/Getty Images)

Maintenance a driver of carbon emissions

Eve Andrews - Grist
Yellow-Headed Blackbird (Getty Images/Brian Reinke)

Birds falling from the sky in Mexico

Nicole Karlis
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