Swarm’s Creepy First Trailer Makes Fandom the Killer
Image: Prime Video Stories about fans being overly devoted towards a particular group or person and taking things too far have existed in popular culture for years. At their best,…
California Lost 36 Million Trees to Drought Last Year
Dead and dying Ponderosa pine trees that have met their demise from bark beetles dot the landscape in Las Posadas State Forest in Angwin, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.…
Webb Finds the ‘Deepest, Coldest Ices to Date’ in Distant Molecular Cloud
The Webb telescope team has detected water ice and frozen complex molecules in a molecular cloud about 630 light-years from Earth. By the scientists’ measure, the frigid findings are the…
Apps that plant trees for you are booming. But are they actually helping?
There are dozens of apps that promise to plant trees in exchange for your usage, but critics say not all of them are making a positive impact on the climate.
The live cam that shows you the emerald Northern Lights is back
Where the polar bears roam, the northern lights glow. February and March are the best months to see the ghostly aurora borealis, and you can now often view it (at…
The cicadas aren’t invading
The sound of millions of cicadas is so deafening that George Hamilton, an entomologist, has even heard them over the rock and roll music blasting from his car speakers. In…
Why ‘murder hornet’ is a terrible name
Just call them giant hornets. The term “murder hornet” skyrocketed into popularity last week after the New York Times published a viral story about the arrival of an invasive insect…