Science

The world’s biggest iceberg drifts toward disaster, a long-lost chameleon reappears, a dead star sends a message and more awesome science images of the week.

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If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to approve the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in 17 years, it will have to do so against the overwhelming recommendation of the experts it turned to for advice on the matter. An independent advisory panel convened by the agency […]

A study has found that plug-in hybrids actually emit more than 2.5 times as much carbon dioxide as tests claimed. So, are they worth having?

African giant pouched rat has found 39 landmines and 28 other potentially dangerous items of unexploded ordnance over the past four years.

Iceberg A68 cracked off of Antarctica in 2017 and is large enough to hold the five boroughs of New York five times over.

The Maya city of Tikal is famous for its soaring palaces and temples. But something far more humble kept Tikal functioning: its water filtration system, the earliest known of its kind. Researchers recently discovered a volcanic mineral that captures microbes and heavy metals in one of Tikal’s largest reservoirs. Because […]

Wind power and geothermal heat aren’t enough to keep the world cool, according to a new study. Even if energy, transportation, and manufacturing go entirely green, emissions of greenhouse gases from the food system would put the world on track to warm by more than 1.5°C, a target set in […]