Baby bees love carbs, experiments show – here's why that matters
First ever feeding experiments reveal that solitary bees need to carb-load – and can be picky when it comes to dieting.
yesterday • ~7 min
Electric cars could make the roads safer – here's how
Electric vehicles can have more than one source of power, meaning they can be controlled better.
yesterday • ~7 min
Feeding experiments reveal baby bees love carbs – here's why that matters
First ever feeding experiments reveal that solitary bees need to carb-load – and can be picky when it comes to dieting.
yesterday • ~7 min
The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions
Fifteen years ago electric power generation was the largest source of US greenhouse gas emissions. Now the power sector is leading the shift to a clean energy economy.
yesterday • ~6 min
Hydrogen is one future fuel oil execs and environmentalists could both support as rival countries search for climate solutions
The genius of the Paris climate agreement was getting major oil producing countries to agree to a target, but they still have widely different views of energy's future.
yesterday • ~10 min
Mars: how Ingenuity helicopter made the first flight on another planet
The maiden flight of Mars helicopter was a significant advance in propulsion technology.
April 19, 2021 • ~7 min
Prehistoric cave painters might have been ‘high’ on oxygen deprivation – new study
It's possible that low oxygen levels in caves produced hallucinations – but that doesn't explain the majority of prehistoric art.
April 19, 2021 • ~8 min
Revealed: true cost of Britain's addiction to factory-farmed chicken
A lack of policy has allowed industrial chicken farms to multiply in certain parts of the UK – with a lack of consideration of the environmental and social impacts.
April 19, 2021 • ~22 min
Climate change threatens coffee – but we’ve found a delicious wild species that could help save your morning brew
Stenophylla's black cherries have brightened prospects for a coffee supply that can withstand rising disease, pests and droughts.
April 19, 2021 • ~7 min
Brazil’s economic crisis, prolonged by COVID-19, poses an enormous challenge to the Amazon
Because Brazil's economic prosperity in the last two decades is increasingly linked to the Amazon's good health, restoring the country's economy is a critical first step toward ending deforestation.
April 19, 2021 • ~8 min
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