Huge Reservoirs of Clean Hydrogen Could Power Earth for 170,000 Years Recent breakthroughs suggest that hydrogen reservoirs are buried in countless regions of the world, including at least 30 U.S. states By Sascha Pare & LiveScience Finding reservoirs of hydrogen in Earth’s crust could help accelerate the energy transition away from fossil fuels. Simon Dux/Alamy…
Olivine-rich rocks could be used to store CO2 and source key metals Marieke Peche/Getty Images Injecting carbon dioxide into rocks deep underground can turn the planet-warming gas into mineral form, permanently keeping it out of the atmosphere. Now, researchers say it may be possible to use the same process to simultaneously extract key metals used…
Between climate change, economic anxiety and political turmoil, the world can feel like a scary place, especially for kids. Today’s young people have already been through a deadly global pandemic, they regularly drill to prepare for school shootings, and they must learn to navigate an age of misinformation and danger online. These stressors seem to…
Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, but much of that potential has turned out to be mere hype
The Applause for Jaws, Despite Flaws Fifty years ago, the movie Jaws scared beachgoers and demonized sharks. Now, however, sharks, the public and our beaches are all evolving to a better understanding By Chris Pepin-Neff Universal Pictures/Courtesy of Getty Images The motion picture Jaws deserves another round of applause on its 50th birthday, despite its…
The Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona, is home to DESI KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld Is dark energy changing, or is it just more of the same? Last month, astronomers announced the startling finding that dark energy – which is thought to cause the accelerating expansion of the universe – might weaken over time. This has…
June 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago White ants; vacations in the mud By Mark Fischetti 1975, Star Chart: “In the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, the dot colors and sizes represent the apparent colors and approximate relative sizes of the stars. The majority of normal stars lie on or near the main sequence,…
The new cocaine vaccine was given once a month in a small trial Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images A small trial of an experimental vaccine designed to stop cocaine reaching the brain suggests that it helps reduce the drug’s use. Over a 32-week trial involving monthly injections, the urine of seven people given the vaccine was…
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the sea ice on a February morning in far northern Canada. Wisps of snow blew across the white expanse. It was –26…
Mechanochemistry involves smashing and grinding powders together Pexels Imagine yourself in a chemistry lab. You are probably picturing a scene featuring a whole load of liquids – fluids bubbling in round-bottomed flasks, solutions swirling in test tubes, droplets running down condensers. It is a cliché, but one that accurately describes what these spaces have looked…
