‘Science under attack’: Top climate scientist Kate Marvel explains why she resigned from NASA
Climate scientist Kate Marvel talked to Scientific American about her decision to leave NASA amid federal government turmoil and funding challenges
Pinot noir’s grip on people’s tastebuds is surprisingly old
An analysis of ancient grape seed DNA reveals the earliest known instance of humans in France purposefully cloning plants—including for pinot noir grapes
Why Iran is targeting Qatar’s liquid natural gas trains
Why the destruction of Qatar’s liquid natural gas “trains” by Iranian attacks will have global consequences
There is no historical precedent for how badly out of balance the climate is now, U.N. warns
The past 11 years were the 11 hottest on record amid an increasing onslaught of climate-driven disasters, the World Meteorological Organization said in a new report
Dangerous microbes could be getting a hidden boost from climate change
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasing, and a new study finds that extreme weather may be juicing their rise
Everything about this week’s record-shattering western heat wave is extreme
An astoundingly strong heat wave is not just setting records across the western U.S.—it’s pulverizing them
What animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating calls
Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds
Nebraska is battling its largest wildfires in history. Worse may be yet to come
About 800,000 acres have burned because of these fires, with at least one person reported dead
SpaceX now has more than 10,000 Starlink satellites in orbit
Once unfathomable, the milestone of a single company having 10,000 satellites operating overhead signals that the era of mega constellations is here to stay
How the corpse flower came to be so weird
Evolutionary studies make sense of the world’s strangest plant
Why pristine mountain lakes are suddenly turning green
High in the Rockies, researchers are discovering that wind-borne pollution and rising heat are fueling unprecedented algal blooms
Crabs are cannibalizing one another with surprising rapacity in parts of the Chesapeake Bay
A 37-year study in the Chesapeake Bay revealed that a major predator of young blue crabs might be their own kind