- July 8, 2025
Forests’ vanishing snow is also bad news for carbon storage
Forests like Mount Mansfield State Forest in Vermont are losing their snowpacks Douglas Rissing/Getty Images Many forests are losing their winter snowpack as global temperatures
Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse
Global warming is causing forest die-offs today, just as it did during the Permian-Triassic extinction event INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images After a sharp rise
Stunning image of a supernova reveals a dead star that exploded twice
Two concentric rings appear around the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, indicating that it exploded twice ESO/P. Das et al. Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et
X-ray boosting fabric could make mammograms less painful
Mammograms can be painful, but they may not need to be Daria Artemenko/Alamy Getting an X-ray can be uncomfortable – you may have to lay
Extreme winter weather isn’t down to a wavier jet stream
A wavy polar jet stream can bring icy storms further south Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo Increasingly erratic winter weather in the northern
Why is it seemingly impossible to stop phone thieves?
London is a phone-theft hotspot Jeff Blackler/Shutterstock Even if you have never had your smartphone stolen, you probably know someone who has. In London, 80,000
Your passwords have probably been stolen and sold on the dark web
Hackers are after your personal data, for profit EThamPhoto/Alamy Make sure you use a good mix of characters. Avoid your pet’s name. Most of all,
The prospectors hunting hydrogen along a US continental rift
New Scientist visited a hydrogen well in Kansas Hyterra/Adler Grey The drilling rig rises several stories above a field normally full of grazing cattle. Though
How a US agriculture agency became key in the fight against bird flu
A dangerous strain of bird flu is spreading in US livestock MediaMedium/Alamy Since Donald Trump assumed office in January, the leading US public health agency
Can we stop big tech from controlling the internet with AI agents?
Autonomous AI agents could soon be communicating across the internet Outflow Designs/iStockphoto/Getty Images What does the future of the internet look like? If AI firms
