This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll find not a simple cap of frozen water, but an extraordinarily complex interplay …
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IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Astronomers have identified a potential candidate for the elusive Planet Nine beyond Neptune. 🛰️ The discovery was made using archival data from the IRAS and AKARI satellites. ❓ There is significant skepticism due to the candidate’s orbit not aligning with Planet Nine predictions. 🔍 The Vera C. Rubin Observatory could provide definitive evidence to confirm or …
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Dermatologists are urging people not to skip the shower after they work out, over fears it could lead to painful skin infections. Exercise is a key factor for long-term health and longevity, especially when it’s brisk enough to work up a sweat, but showering afterwards is key to removing sweat, dirt, and oils before they can clog pores and cause a breakout or …
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Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by meters and lead to “catastrophic consequences for generations,” scientists warned Wednesday. More broadly, a state-of-knowledge review by a score of top experts revealed accelerating shifts across the region that are often both a cause and effect of global warming, according to a study published …
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Deep in the badlands of defeat, Democrats have soul-searched about what went wrong last November, tinkered with a thousand-plus thinkpieces and desperately cast for a strategy to reboot their stalled-out party. Amid the noise, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has recently championed an unlikely game plan: Forget the high road, fight fire with fire and embrace the very tactics that virtue-minded …
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Rep. Cherrish Pryor, a Democrat from Indiana, warned Wednesday that the Texas redistricting fight would have impacts far beyond the Lone Star state, saying “while Texas is on the frontlines of this fight, Indiana may be next in line.” President Donald Trump has been pressuring Republican-run states, including Indiana, to redraw Congressional boundaries and dispatched Vice President JD Vance to …
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) in front of Chancellery on August 13, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Filip Singer/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Filip Singer/Getty Images Europe BERLIN — European leaders met virtually with President Trump today, urging him to press Russian President Vladimir Putin for a ceasefire and security guarantees for Ukraine …
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A groundbreaking study led by Edward Forman at the University of Southampton and James Baldini at Durham University has used the unique method of analyzing stalagmites in Bermuda’s caves to track changes in the Gulf Stream over centuries. Published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, this research reveals crucial information about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and how it …
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A nutrition expert has warned about the dangers of taking too many supplements—and how a fistful of ‘healthy’ tablets can do more harm than good. A previous survey of over 2,000 Britons by Which? found three quarters take supplements, and about one in five respondents take four or more each day. But recently, writing for the product testing website, Dr Rachel Woods, …
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If summer feels like it’s flying by – you may be right. Earth has seen a stretch of historically shorter days this month as the planet’s rotation mysteriously accelerates. The shortest, July 9 and 10, each registered 1.3 milliseconds less than the standard 24-hour day, which measures exactly 86,400 seconds long. The head-scratching phenomenon repeated on July 22 – and …
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