June 4, 2020 By Isabelle Khurshudyan The Washington Post
A major oil spill in Siberia has prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to declare a state of emergency in an environmentally sensitive Arctic region after publicly scolding local authorities for what he said was a botched response.
June 4, 2020 By James Gorman The New York Times
Modern medicine still depends on this animal’s blood to test for bacteria in vaccines. And an alternative test requires further study.
June 3, 2020 By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson The Washington Post
Stopping climate change is hard enough, but racism only makes it harder
June 3, 2020 By Claudia Geib Hakai Magazine
A new paper suggests killer whales’ cultures may be driving down their genetic diversity—but not all researchers agree.
June 2, 2020 By Alejandra Borunda National Geographic
When scientist Wen Jun Cai and his colleagues boated across the pea-soup-like waters of the upper Chesapeake Bay in the summer of 2016, water sampling kits and pH sensors in hand, they didn’t expect to find chemical magic at play.