LanguageOctober 7, 2025
Babies’ Brains Recognize Foreign Languages They Heard before Birth
Babies process foreign languages they heard in utero much like their mother tongue, researchers find
Stories by Meghie Rodrigues
Meghie Rodrigues is a science and environment journalist covering mainly Earth and physical sciences, climate change and science policy.
Climate ChangeNovember 22, 2023
The Amazon’s Record-Breaking Drought Is about More Than Climate Change
The Amazon rain forest is in the middle of a record-breaking drought because of deforestation, El Niño and climate change
EnvironmentSeptember 13, 2019
Why Amazon Trees Are Especially Vulnerable to This Year’s Fires
Even trees that look as if they survived will die in the coming years, because they did not evolve fire-resistant features