The 42-day ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, which took effect on 19 January, provides a vital opportunity to begin to address the devastation from the 15-month war, scientists there have told Nature. The ceasefire might yet prove temporary, and whether or not it holds, the long-term future for the territory and its citizens remains highly…

There are two staples across the street from USC: the California Science Center and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC). An affordable and accessible place, the NHMLAC provides plenty of opportunities to experience and learn more about wildlife in an interactive way. From the Nature Gardens which house 600 plant species to…

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: Birds live across our entire planet. Around 50 billion of them fill our skies, seas, and landscapes. Each of the 11,000 species expertly adapted for the environments they inhabit. But how did they come to be such an evolutionary triumph? The answer lies with their ancestors. Today’s birds are dinosaurs. They are…

Events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which put a spotlight on US health disparities, led to increased domestic helicopter research in the country.Credit: Scott Hurd/Alamy ‘Helicopter research’ doesn’t happen just when researchers from rich countries swoop in and exploit the resources of low-income ones — rich universities are increasingly taking advantage of poorer institutions in…

Huge crowds gather in the Spanish city of Pamplona for the Feast of San Fermín.Credit: Danny Lehman/Getty Researchers studying the movement of crowds at a traditional Spanish festival have shown that densely packed groups of people form swirling ‘vortex’ patterns never before documented in human gatherings. The discovery, published on 5 February in Nature1, contrasts…

Burien’s Environmental Science Center will host its annual “Heroes for Nature” Gala from 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, at the Brockey Center at South Seattle College. The event, dedicated to celebrating the beauty of nature and the power of education, science, and community, will feature an elegant evening of fundraising, networking, and environmental advocacy. The gala kicks…

Researchers think that for some tasks, generative AI tools can already do a better job than humans. Credit: Getty Using artificial intelligence (AI) tools for processes such as preparing manuscripts, writing grant applications and peer review will become widely accepted within the next two years, suggests a survey of nearly 5,000 researchers in more than…

The headquarters of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.Credit: Getty The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has mandated that all scientific manuscripts produced by its researchers that are under review at a journal be withdrawn so that certain language relating to gender can be stripped from them.…

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston transplanted a modified pig kidney into a living person for the first time in 2024.Credit: Massachusetts General Hospital The first clinical trial testing whether pig kidneys can be safely transplanted into living people has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As part of the…

Over the course of the last two decades, few people have become as synonymous with powder predictions as Joel Gratz, the owner and founder of OpenSnow. What began as a simple email to friends and family in 2007 has evolved into a worldwide following as skiers and snowboarders eagerly, and frequently, rely on his forecasts…