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Though More Is Better, Even Moderate Amounts of Exercise May Reduce Risk for Common Heart Condition

Adding an extra hour every week of physical activity may lower the chance of developing the most common type of irregular heartbeat (arryhthmia) by 11 percent, a new study shows.

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Building a Diverse Wildland Fire Workforce to Meet Future Challenges

Every year around this time, California’s wildland firefighters hold their breath as hot, dry winds threaten to spread flames across the state.

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New Study Links Air Pollution with Higher Rates of Head and Neck Cancer

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports correlates higher levels of pollutant particulate matter to higher occurrences of head and neck aerodigestive cancer.

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“Drowning” Mangrove Forests in Maldives Signal Global Coastal Threat

Researchers have found evidence that mangrove forests – which protect tropical and subtropical coastlines – are drowning in the Maldives.

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Light Pollution May Be Keeping Honey Bees Up at Night

Light from cars, homes, and street lamps may be keeping bees up at night, according to a new study.

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Physicists Unlock Transformative New Way to Transmit Huge Amounts of Data via Laser Light

The discovery, centred around controlling tiny hurricanes of light and electromagnetic fields, could revolutionise how much information we can deliver over cables.

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Defense or Growth – How Plants Allocate Resources

Pathogens can significantly weaken the fitness of their hosts, sometimes even causing host mortality.

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Elephant Seal Colony Declines One Year After Avian Flu Outbreak

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it’s quieter. Roughly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, scientists estimate that only about a third of the elephant seals normally expected here returned.

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