Dying Tropical Forests Could Threaten Much of the Earth’s Life

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jul 30, 2018 Accelerating climate change is likely to result in growing forest carbon emissions, with serious consequences both for the creatures that find shelter there and the global atmosphere. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Researchers Detect Light From Growing Plants

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jun 18, 2018 Invisible flickering from living vegetation detected by satellite could help scientists better assess how the exploitation of fossil fuels affects the climate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How Can a Scientist Make Sense of the Religious Impulse?

Steven Gimbel Apr 6, 2018 Physicist Alan Lightman ponders this and other questions in his new book, "Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Slight Warming May Have Huge Effect in Antarctic

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Sep 12, 2017 A rise of 2 degrees Celsius could change the pattern of seafloor diversity in unpredictable ways, experiment suggests. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Some Old Species Are Well-Suited to Survive Climate Change

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 13, 2016 A study of more than 600 vertebrate species shows those that have faced extreme environmental pressures in the past are now best equipped to survive climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Brain Training’ Apps: Do They Work?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 20, 2016 Everything we do changes our brains. But do the skills we learn in “brain training” games amount to a general boost in our cognitive abilities? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Psychologist: Mental Illness Is a Result of Intolerable Circumstances, Not Defective Genes (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 27, 2016 The health professions make a grave mistake when they treat mental illnesses as “discrete brain conditions that are largely genetically determined and barely influenced by the slings and arrows of misfortune,” writes clinical psychologist and researcher Richard Bentall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Scientists Create Monkeys With Autism Gene

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 27, 2016 Researchers in China have engineered monkeys to develop symptoms associated with autism in the hope that scientists can find a treatment for the condition in humans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Bill Nye the Science Guy Schools Republican Presidential Candidates on Biology

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2015 In addition to being a campaigner on the issue of climate change, Bill Nye the Science Guy also has a message about abortion for the 2016 Republican presidential candidates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Birds and Reptiles Are Feeling the Survival Heat

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Nov 8, 2015 New scientific reports highlight yet again the threats that climate change and rising temperatures are posing for many species. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

VIDEO: John Oliver Welcomes Students Back to School by Telling Them All the Things They Won’t Learn

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Sep 7, 2015 HBO's "Last Week Tonight" is on hiatus, but that hasn't stopped John Oliver from releasing two funny Web exclusives that focus on history and education. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Eye Shape Tells Whether an Animal Is Predator or Prey

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 8, 2015 Scientists have determined that the shape of an animal’s eye has everything to do with its adaptation to a particular place on the food chain. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )