Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario ...

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Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level ...

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Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

Some carbon credit projects may trap heat instead of cooling the planet. A new study highlights the missing role of sunlight ...

As Quirks & Quarks celebrates its 50th anniversary, Bob McDonald looks back at a half century of science and peers forward to the next 50 years.

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.

We could see a mass extinction event, an existential threat to multicellular life as we know it. Effective biocontainment, ...