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The complex life of the oil industry veteran who proposed the Gaia hypothesis
The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory Jonathan Watts Canongate Books (2024) Today, it might seem self-evident that life on Earth shapes, and is shaped by, its environment. We learn in school that the oxygen we breathe is produced by plants, for instance. For those of us aware of the climate…
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Risks of competing discourses of scientific responsibility in global ocean futures
Abstract Accelerated innovation in climate-impacted oceans is outpacing standards of scientific responsibility. Standards of responsibility are critical because they shape research agendas, funding flows, scientific practice, and how innovations are regulated. Here, we examine responsibility debates among 243 marine scientists and end-users proposing, trialling and/or implementing 76 innovations for climate-impacted oceans. We identify three distinct…
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River Bend Nature Center to host ‘Mad Science Mayhem’ event
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) – River Bend Nature Center is hosting another series of the Nature Tots program called “Mad Science Mayhem”. On Saturday, Sept. 28th, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. attendees will be able to read science stories, make slime, and explore elephant toothpaste. This program is for ages 2-6 and is included…
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‘Afraid to talk’: researchers fear the end for science in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks at a march in early August following a disputed election the month before.Credit: Maxwell Briceno/Reuters As President Nicolás Maduro continues a crackdown on his political opposition, researchers in Venezuela are increasingly considering leaving the country. His government has detained more than 1,600 people, including students and professors, since the National…
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Visitors get to the root of teeth anatomy at Glasgow Science Centre
Visitors at Glasgow Science Centre will now be able to get their teeth into a new ‘hands-on’ endodontics exhibit, designed in collaboration with the British Endodontic Society (BES) and the University of Glasgow Dental School. © JohnFScott/iStock Unreleased/Getty Launched this September, the exhibition, ‘At the Root of It’, will teach visitors about the anatomy of…
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science outdoor play area a favorite among kids
DENVER (KDVR) — It’s like all of Colorado’s eight ecosystems in one location, throw in some slides, and you have the new Nature Play exhibit in Denver’s City Park. The play area sits on four and a half acres just outside the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. After 18 months of construction worth almost…
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6 handy nature apps to enhance your hikes
I used to believe that the last thing I wanted to do on a hike was pull out my phone. That’s one of the reasons I love hiking in Angeles National Forest. I know the exact corner on Highway 2 where I lose reception. Newsletter You are reading The Wild newsletter Sign up to get…
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Study Shows How a Woman’s Brain Reorganizes during Pregnancy
Reuters 14:18 JST, September 26, 2024 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Pregnancy triggers vast changes in a woman’s body — hormonal, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary and more. And, as a new study reveals, the brain undergoes major changes too, some fleeting and others more enduring. Researchers said on Sept. 16 they have for the first time mapped the…
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Carbon bond that uses only one electron seen for first time: ‘It will be in the textbooks’
The observation of a single-electron bond in carbon, the basic building block of life on Earth, has excited scientists.Credit: Dominick Reuter/AFP via Getty For a little more than a century, chemists have believed that strong atomic links called covalent bonds are formed when atoms share one or more electron pairs. Now, researchers have made the…
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Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes
A woman with type 1 diabetes started producing insulin (blue) after a stem cell transplant.Credit: Lennart Nilsson, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, TT/Science Photo Library A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells1. She is the first person with the…
