science

It’s hard not to despair about the state of the world today, but here are five reasons to be a little bit hopeful, says Fred Pearce Source link

Biologists have long thought that speaking to nature’s economic value would persuade boardrooms it was worth saving. It hasn’t worked – so what, if anything, will? Source link

People classed as “overweight” according to BMI can be perfectly healthy. But there are better measures of fat, and physicians are finally using them Source link

A type of cognitive training that tests people’s quick recall seems to reduce the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease Source link

Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupted simultaneously, spewing a mind-boggling amount of lava onto the surface and giving us clues to what may lie underneath Source link

A change in atmospheric chemistry during the covid pandemic resulted in methane concentrations spiking, raising concerns that cleaning up pollution could have similar knock-on effects in the future Source link

An experiment with superconducting qubits opens the door to determining whether quantum devices could be less energetically costly if they are powered by quantum batteries Source link

The late photographer’s work depicting some of the world’s coldest places is collected in his new book Genesis Source link

It’s a truism that weeds love poor soil, but is there anything to it? And what is a weed, anyway? James Wong investigates Source link

The psychedelic 5-MeO-DMT seemed to induce similar patterns of brain activity in a lama – a revered spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism – as meditation, advancing our understanding of the drug’s neurological effects Source link