NZ's climate policies are no longer enough to keep warming at 1.5°C—here's what needs to happen
It's now official. Last year was the warmest year on record globally and the first to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial ...
Being a ladies' man comes at a price for alpha male baboons
A few things come to mind when we imagine the alpha male type. They're the ones calling the shots, who get all the girls. But ...
More than 100 years of data suggest men are growing taller and heavier at twice the rate of women
A gender specialist at the University of Genoa, in Italy, a psychologist at the University of Missouri, in the U.S., and a ...
Earth is bombarded with rocks from space—but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?
Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But ...
Sleeping on beaches and staying social: How Australians kept cool in heat waves before modern technology
The Black Friday bushfires which swept across southeastern Australia in January 1939 have been remembered as a deadly and ...
Romanian fossils show hominins in Europe 500,000 years earlier than thought
Research led by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Ohio University has found evidence of hominin activity at a ...
Black kids and families are forced to overcome marked disparities in early care and education settings
Early care and education (ECE) programs were created to support the social, emotional and academic development of young ...
We're turning waste bread crusts into nutritious food with ancient Asian fermentation
Do you find yourself tossing away the crusts of your bread? You're not alone, but the scale of bread waste is staggering.
To save Australia's animals, scientists must count how many are left. But what if they're getting it wrong?
Humans are causing enormous damage to the Earth, and about 1 million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction.
Establishing a permanent lunar presence will depend on ingenuity and the moon's own resources, researchers say
NASA's Artemis program goal of establishing a human presence on Earth's moon is closer than ever to becoming a reality within ...
Anti-climate action groups tend to arise in countries with stronger climate change efforts, study suggests
A new study suggests that countries with stronger commitments to protect the natural environment—regardless of national oil ...