Browsing: Environment

The much-anticipated sci-fi film Project Hail Mary is out in theaters today. In it, light-eating alien microbes sap the sun’s energy, threatening life on Earth with…

Rodney Bushmeyer has been farming as long as he can remember. Bushmeyer’s father was a farmer, as was his grandfather.The family-run Bushmeyer Farms in Illinois dates…

In the forests of central Mexico, the number of monarch butterflies grew for the second year in a row, suggesting the population has stabilized after years…

It’s “common knowledge”—and the scare quotes should be a warning—that the sun is an average star.But it’s not, and in fact it’s not even close: The…

Reform UK success in local elections could endanger national climate targets, report saysGood morning. Seven weeks from today, counting will be taking place for the English…

March 19, 2026 Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHow the Project Hail Mary directors brought science to the big screenProject Hail Mary directors Christopher Miller and Phil…

Scores of councils across the UK have in effect ended enforcement of fines for littering, while others are letting litterers off lightly and many more are…

March 19, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmWhat animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating callsWhether it’s a canary’s…

The New South Wales government will continue to green-light coalmine expansions, effectively rejecting a warning from its climate agency that approving new developments would be inconsistent…

March 19, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmInfluential vaccine advisory panel may be ‘disbanded’ after lawsuit, says former vice chairFor years, ACIP has advised…