How ITER Is Fueling a Renaissance in Fusion Startups
RealClearScience published a portion of our interview with Laban Coblentz, ITER's Head of Communication. He told RCS how the ...
A Big Nuclear Bomb Could Fix Climate Change, Physicist Says
A physicist suggests that we fix climate change with a 50 Gigaton nuclear bomb. This isn’t a joke. And I think it might actually work. A brief summary of this and other ...
Working Has Positive Benefits for People Over 65
Having a job – whether it’s working for someone else or being their own boss – gives older Americans more than just a way to ...
The Origins of a Large Pastoral Population in Africa
Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The ...
Study Fails to Show that Youth Vaping Causes Future Smoking
A team of public health researchers found “very low-certainty evidence” to support a commonly held belief that nicotine ...
Has ITER Been a Success or a Failure?
ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, may be the grandest scientific experiment in the world. Initially ...
Second-Hand Smoke in Childhood Leaves Mark on DNA
Children exposed to second-hand smoke at home are more likely to show certain changes in the epigenome, which can alter the way genes are expressed. These epigenetic changes could influence the develo ...
Is It Time to Worry About Bird Flu?
A practical guide to your bird flu fears. Related Topics: bird flu. Comment. Show comments Hide Comments. Log In with your RCMG Account Register ...
House Cats With Bird Flu Could Pose a Risk to Public Health
More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — ...
How Mountains Make Evolution Weird
Mountains have a unique effect on diversity, messing with our understanding of animals through time, and pretty much just making evolution weird. And they would eventually reveal someth ...
Earth's Inner Core Is Less Solid Than Thought
The surface of the Earth’s inner core may be changing, as shown by a new study from USC scientists that detected structural ...
Tiny Reactors Allow Complex Chemical Reactions With Water
Researchers at Rice University have developed a new method for performing chemical reactions using water instead of toxic ...