Astronauts aboard the ISS witness 16 sunrises every day. To remain physically and mentally healthy, they depend on strict schedules, artificial lighting and rituals that maintain a sense of time.
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Among waterfalls, mist and a full moon appears one of the most unusual optical phenomena on the planet: the moonbow, a nocturnal rainbow visible only under very specific conditions.
Although climate change affects all of us, there are regions of the world that are direct victims of it and experience the consequences of our actions every day. Among them are the Pacific islands, including the small nation of Tuvalu.
Tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes are all stages of the same phenomenon. The difference is determined by wind speed, but the real danger is often the water they leave behind.
Is the AI chatbot your good companion? Does it give you good health advice, understand you, and keep you happy? Turns out, it is achieving all this by not telling you the truth.
An intense sandstorm has swept across Iraq’s Al Anbar province, creating a massive wall of dust over roads and urban areas. Visibility has been drastically reduced, and local authorities are urging residents to take extra precautions.
A CONICET study explains how the zebrafish rebuilds damaged organs in a week and why this mechanism intrigues global science.
It might not be very obvious but even same species of birds do not sing the same song everywhere. Yellowhammers introduced in New Zealand from Britain in the late 1800s developed seven different dialects, some of which are not heard in the UK any longer.
In South America, the most vulnerable region, insect-pollinated crops are essential for the regional food supply and international trade across the continent.
A new application from Copernicus Climate Change Service called “Weather Replay” works like a time machine, allowing users to explore and visualise historical weather and climate events — such as storms, heatwaves, floods, hurricanes and cyclones — and their evolution over time in a simple and accessible way anywhere in the world.
Following in the footsteps of The Hague and Utrecht, the Dutch capital has just restricted advertising for combustion-engine cars, flights, cruises and meat in public spaces. The aim? To combat the normalisation of polluting emissions.
For centuries, garlic has been used as a natural way to keep pests away. Now, a new study from Yale University scientifically confirms that garlic also interferes with pests’ ability to reproduce, deterring their mating and egg-laying behavior.