People who survive a major heart attack often do better in the years afterward if…
Concurrent hot and dry summers more common in future
In the past, climate scientists have tended to underestimate the risk of a co-occurrence of…
‘Bulges’ in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions
Researchers have developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that…
More summer sunshine leading to increased Greenland ice melt
A marked decrease in summer cloud cover during the last 20 years has significantly accelerated…
In Turkey, carved skulls provide the first evidence of a neolithic ‘skull cult’
Three carved skull fragments uncovered at a Neolithic dig site in Turkey feature modifications not…
Engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris
Researchers combined gecko-inspired adhesives and a custom robotic gripper to create a device for grabbing…
Facial models suggest less may be more for a successful smile
Research using computer-animated 3-D faces suggests that less is more for a successful smile, according…
Adolescent obesity linked to early mortality from cardiovascular diseases
While there is solid evidence that adolescent overweight and obesity are associated with coronary heart…
Can antipoverty programs work globally?
Leaders of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), one of world’s foremost centers…
Turning the climate tide by 2020
The world needs high-speed climate action for an immediate bending — down of the global…