Abandon the idea of ‘great green walls’ (knowablemagazine.org)
The living things that feast on plastic (knowablemagazine.org)
Why are there so many beetle species? (knowablemagazine.org)
Indigenous languages are founts of environmental knowledge (knowablemagazine.org)
Everyone should start counting spiders (knowablemagazine.org)
Why scientists are making transparent wood - Stronger than plastic and tougher than glass, the resin-filled material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows and more. (knowablemagazine.org)
Dead trees around the world are shocking scientists (knowablemagazine.org)
Forests once deemed resilient are suffering surprising die-offs. To predict the fate of the world’s woods in the face of climate change, researchers need to understand how trees die.
Dead trees around the world are shocking scientists - forests once deemed resilient are suffering surprising die-offs (knowablemagazine.org)
The growing link between microbes, mood and mental health (knowablemagazine.org)
Neanderthals: More knowable now than ever (knowablemagazine.org)
They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains. Today, thanks to new artifacts and technologies, findings about our closest relatives are coming thick and fast....
Dead trees around the world are shocking scientists (knowablemagazine.org)
Forests once deemed resilient are suffering surprising die-offs. To predict the fate of the world’s woods in the face of climate change, researchers need to understand how trees die....
Total recall: A brilliant memory helps chickadees survive (knowablemagazine.org)
In winter, the birds must remember where they’ve hidden tens of thousands of seeds. Biologist Vladimir Pravosudov explains what this can teach us about how the brain evolves.
The neurons that make us feel hangry (knowablemagazine.org)
I probably could put this in medicine, but I felt like the future advancements with this research would be more suited for that space.
Why interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua and Borisov may hold clues to exoplanets (knowablemagazine.org)
Eventually, astronomers hope to build a catalog of interstellar objects similar to the inventory of exoplanets, which has grown to over 5,500 entries since the first discovery in 1992. That future inventory could help researchers answer the long-standing question of how typical Earth and the solar system are. The compositions of...
Genes and heart disease: Finally making the link (knowablemagazine.org)
Indigenous languages are founts of environmental knowledge (knowablemagazine.org)
Harrison has since studied Indigenous languages in other parts of the world — from the Pacific islands of Vanuatu to the highlands of Vietnam — and learned that many of them are nature-centric in this way, reflecting millennia of deep observation of the natural world. Scholars increasingly recognize that many of these...
Urban evolution: How species adapt to survive in cities (knowablemagazine.org)
The growing link between microbes, mood and mental health (knowablemagazine.org)
Blessed are the (tiny) cheesemakers (knowablemagazine.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/9136672...
The ‘least crazy’ idea: Early dark energy could solve a cosmological conundrum (knowablemagazine.org)
Untangling the genetics that underlie our facial features (knowablemagazine.org)
Untangling the genetics that underlie our facial features (knowablemagazine.org)
How climate change could make fungal diseases worse (knowablemagazine.org)
A magnetic therapy for depression gains precision (knowablemagazine.org)
Forests once deemed resilient are suffering surprising die-offs. To predict the fate of the world’s woods in the face of climate change, researchers need to understand how trees die. (knowablemagazine.org)