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For years, the controversial idea of solar geoengineering—lofting long-lived reflective particles into the upper atmosphere to block sunlight and diminish global warming—has been theoretical. It’s starting to get real: Today, after much technical and regulatory wrangling, Harvard University scientists are proposing a June 2021 test flight of a research balloon […]

Beetles are virtually crash resistant. Their wings fold up when they collide with objects and then quickly spring back into place. That helps the insects stay on course and fly straight, rather than spiral to the ground, while exerting little energy.

And reveal extra dimensions.

In a speech to the house of commons, Matt Hancock announced that a new COVID-19 strain had been discovered spreading through the South East of England. Here’s what we know about the new coronavirus variant.

North Korea has yet to report a single case of COVID-19—a remarkable success that, if true, the nation achieved after severing links with the outside world. But that isolation could soon exact a steep toll in other areas of public health: Humanitarian groups warn the isolated country is facing eroding […]

This brings the tower’s total to over 600 skulls.

On Monday (Dec. 14), the very first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine were given in the U.S., marking the start of a long campaign to vaccinate the U.S. public.

North Korea has yet to report a single case of COVID-19—a remarkable success that, if true, the nation achieved after severing links with the outside world. But that isolation could soon exact a steep toll in other areas of public health: Humanitarian groups warn the isolated country is facing eroding […]