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How Can Scientists Claim Climate Change Made A Heat Wave Worse?
When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence this event, if at all? For many years, scientists could answer that question only in general terms.
The Conversation Fri, 07/24/2026 - 13:03 Categories AtmosphericMusic Salons Of The 1800s Are Still With Us Today
Why have public displays of piano playing become so compelling? At railway stations, shopping centres and airports, an instrument usually associated with concert halls bursts into everyday life.
The Conversation Fri, 07/24/2026 - 12:52 Categories PsychologyResearchers reveal genomic fingerprints left by chemotherapy in childhood cancer
New ear probe to detect hearing issues is based on how spiders ‘hear’ through their webs
The Lost Roman Legion Of China
In 53 B.C., a member of Rome's First Triumverate, Marcus Licinius Crassus, wanted to show himself the equal of fellow rulers Caesar And Pompey.
Hank Campbell Thu, 07/23/2026 - 04:28 Categories AnthropologyFriends of the Earth: 'Vaccine Apartheid' Crusaders Open A New War On Food
Friends of the Earth was famously started by an anti-nuclear activist who felt like his employer, Sierra Club, did not hate science enough. You read that right. Sierra Club, founded by a rabid eugenicist, was too soft on science for David Brower.
Hank Campbell Wed, 07/22/2026 - 10:39 Categories TechnologyKAIST develops a molecular platform for the selective control of oxygen reaction pathways
High-resolution map reveals where veterinary antibiotics enter China’s environment
Artificial intelligence could help wastewater plants track and manage microplastics
Half Of Americans Should Be On Statins According To New Guidelines
The good news for Americans is that wages have outpaced costs since the Clinton years.
Hank Campbell Tue, 07/21/2026 - 12:53 Categories Public Health