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Trying to sleep your way through jet lag might not actually work Iakovos Hatzistavrou/AFP Via Getty Images In the first flush of our relationship, my husband began taking a series of photos of me during our travels. In every one,…

January 21, 2025 4 min read Book Review: Tiny, Airborne Threats and Humans’ Reluctance to Face Them Carl Zimmer’s new book dives into aerobiology and the reasons humans seem unwilling to confront airborne threats By Pitchaya Sudbanthad edited by Jen…

On his first day in office, President Trump has signed a slew of executive orders that will set the United States on a radically different environmental path from the Biden administration. The executive orders and memoranda take the first steps…

Paul Briginshaw/Millennium Images, UK What’s the difference between your time spent in bed and your bank balance? No, this isn’t the start of a terrible joke – and the answer is less than you might think. We all have the…

Fire has always shaped the landscape in California. But today it burns hotter, more frequently, and spreads further than ever before—a shift driven by human development, climate change, and the prevalence of invasive species, which are non-native plants that have…

Wheat is harvested from strips lined by vertical solar panels at the Next2Sun solar park in Germany Knoblauch GmbH/Next2Sun Rapid reductions in the price of solar panels mean they are starting to appear in unexpected places, from balconies to motorway…

Solar and wind generate a large proportion of Spain’s electricity Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo/Alamy Nations with large amounts of wind and solar on their power grid are particularly vulnerable to surging energy bills due to spikes in the price of gas.…

Would we feel better if we slept a bit more? Possibly – but it isn’t guaranteed. While we know the amount of sleep the average person needs, there is a lot of variation. To get a better idea about how…

Human urine could be used to make fertiliser fotokostic/Getty Images A more efficient way to extract fertiliser from human urine could help make better use of wastewater in cities and farms, without exacerbating global warming. Human urine is rich in…

All the planets will appear to line up across the sky towards the end of February alxpin/Getty Images All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will…