How Atmospheric Nitrogen Gets Into Life
February 3, 2026
Nitrogen fixation outperforms all other fertilizing elements in accelerating forest growth, underscoring the unmatched efficiency of natural systems.
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Design Evident in Rainfall Patterns
January 26, 2026
Weather risks vary depending on whether rainfall moisture originates over land or oceanic sources.
Animals Teach Engineers How to Manage Light
July 16, 2024
Tricks for light-gathering and sharp focus come from observing nature.
Purify Science by Kicking Darwin Out
August 16, 2023
Science writers would do well to apply a Darwin Filter before putting pen to paper.
Illustra Media Showcases the Wood Wide Web
March 28, 2023
The ways that plants communicate through underground fungal networks is illustrated in a dazzling new short film.
Climate Science Is Imprecise
February 18, 2022
The alarmist warmists ignore papers that keep calling for a "rethink" about carbon sources and sinks.
Smarty Plants
February 20, 2020
There's more going on in your local weed than scientists could have imagined in Linnaeus's day.
Antibiotic Resistance Is Shared, Not Evolved
October 10, 2019
Growing evidence undermines commonly-cited examples of evolution happening right before our eyes.
Make the Climate Alarmists Happy: Plant a Tree
July 6, 2019
Maybe everyone can calm down the climate alarmists without draconian political measures. But who really knows?
Nature Time Improves Health, Well-Being
July 17, 2018
Stressed? Depressed? Take a forest bath. Another major study shows that outdoor exposure is good for the body and mind.
Upsets Surprise Evolutionists
July 7, 2018
These announcements show that fossils have ways of contradicting evolutionary expectations.
City Trees Give More in Ecosystem Services Than They Cost
March 25, 2018
City planners need to plant more trees in urban areas, but the benefits go beyond beautifying pavement. Urban areas occupy 4% of the land surface of the planet, says Theodore A. Endreny in a Comment article in Nature Communications. That may strike readers as surprising, given most people’s attention to cities for work, travel and […]
Science Fail: Shaky Assumptions Topple Long-Held Notions
October 3, 2017
Science is supposed to be self-correcting, we're told. But when towers of belief are built on assumptions later shown to be false, the consequences can be monumental.
Strange and Wonderful Animals Explored
March 5, 2017
Look at what scientists are learning about some common animals, and others not so common.
Amazonia Not Pristine
March 2, 2017
The tropical rainforests of Brazil, once thought to be pristine habitats of noble savages, show evidence of mass reworking by humans for millennia.