Ninety per cent of U.S. adults say they at least sometimes encounter news they consider inaccurate. Furthermore, 42% report this happens extremely often or often, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Only 10% of Americans say they rarely or never face inaccurate news. These findings confirm misinformation is a pervasive issue affecting American news consumers. Americans Are Divided Over How Easy It Is to Identify Truth…

When focusing on weight loss, what you drink matters as much as what you eat. Coconut water contains roughly 46 calories per cup, making it considerably lower in calories compared to fruit juice, which ranges from 120 to 200 calories per cup depending on the fruit. Unlike fruit juices, coconut water naturally contains electrolytes like potassium and magnesium, which support hydration and metabolism during physical activity.

Africa ’s legendary wildlife—the elephants, rhinos, lions, and other megafauna that once shaped the continent’s landscapes—no longer power nature’s engines as they once did. Oxford-led researchers report a dramatic loss of ecological energy. This energy drives fundamental processes like nutrient cycling, seed dispersal, and ecosystem resilience. Their findings, published in Nature, show that Africa is now running on less than two-thirds of its historic energy.

From ancient civilizations to modern societies, nearly every country and historical era shows women living longer than men. Medical progress and better standards of living have narrowed this gender gap in some regions, but recent research confirms the difference is deeply embedded in evolution. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology—in collaboration with a global team—have conducted the most extensive analysis on sex-based lifespan differences in…

Greenland, the world’s largest island, is undergoing dramatic geological changes. As researchers continue mapping the interaction of ancient ice accumulation and accelerating melt, new work shows the land itself is stretching, contracting, and drifting northwest at roughly two centimeters per year. Led by scientists at the Technical University of Denmark, an international team spent two decades gathering precise GPS readings at 58 locations across Greenland, offering unprecedented detail into the forces reshaping its ground.

The illegal wildlife trade is not just an environmental concern — it is a multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise embedded inside complex networks of arms dealers, drug traffickers, and human smugglers. Recent research led by the University of Waterloo and published this week reveals the full extent of how animal and plant trafficking operates within and alongside other serious crimes. The data covers hotspots in South Africa, Hong Kong, and Canada.

The world’s slow response to climate change is already claiming millions of lives every year. According to the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change 2025, produced with the World Health Organization, the health impacts of a heating planet have reached record levels, as overreliance on fossil fuels continues and adaptation lags behind community needs. Twelve out of twenty key indicators tracking health threats have reached their highest levels ever, showing not only that lives are being lost, but that health systems and economies are being destabilized.

Ålesund is gracefully spread over several islands in Norway’s Møre og Romsdal county. Nestled where the dramatic Sunnmøre Mountains kiss the Atlantic, the city serves as a vibrant gateway to fjordlands. It acts as a major administrative center and launching pad for exploring world-renowned natural wonders, including the spectacular Geirangerfjord, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Rebirth in Art Nouveau: A City Reshaped From the Ashes…

Gray hair could be more than just a cosmetic or age-related change—it may actually indicate your body’s natural defense against cancer, says a new study led by Japanese researchers. The research explored how our cells respond to DNA damage, shedding new light on the relationship between hair graying, stem cell aging, and cancer prevention. DNA Damage and the Protective Role of Melanocyte Stem Cells…

A large-scale study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthandMass General Brigham reveals that stillbirths affect more pregnancies than earlier estimates suggested, with rates exceeding the longstanding national average. Researchers reviewed over 2.7 million pregnancies from 2016 to 2022, finding more than one in 150 deliveries ended in stillbirth—considerably higher than the CDC’s figure of one in 175.

Across New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru, a quiet crisis is threatening the stability of India’s urban infrastructure. New satellite-based research published in Nature Sustainability reveals that nearly 900 square kilometres of land in these five megacities is sinking, putting millions of residents and thousands of buildings at risk of structural damage. The study tracked ground deformation from 2015 to 2023 and found subsidence rates exceeding four millimetres per year.

Global science, technology, and innovation (STI) face unprecedented challenges in 2025 as geopolitical tensions and security worries drive countries to rethink how they share, protect, and advance knowledge. According to the OECD’s latest Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook, nations are adopting policies that prioritize economic and national security, often at the expense of openness and broad international collaboration. The world’s research landscape is adapting rapidly, reflecting a complex balance between protecting sensitive intelligence and fostering progress on global challenges.

An international team led by the University of Sydney and Spain’s Universidad Europea has found that longer periods of uninterrupted walking provide greater cardiovascular (heart) benefits than the same number of steps taken in shorter bursts. The study focused on physically inactive adults, revealing that walking in one or two continuous sessions lasting at least 10 to 15 minutes lowers the risk of heart attacks, …

Women living in neighborhoods with heavy vehicle emissions and lower air quality face higher odds of developing breast cancer. A groundbreaking analysis, using data from hundreds of thousands of women in the United States, compares breast cancer cases against environmental pollution trends over many years. Experts combined information from five long-running breast cancer research projects. They followed individuals as they moved homes, overlaying each person’s location with government air quality records from thousands of monitoring stations.

India’s soils are suffering from widespread nutrient deficiencies, with new data showing that 64 percent of samples are low in nitrogen and nearly half also lack organic carbon. This trend is worrying for both crop productivity and climate change mitigation, given that healthy soil stores vital organic carbon while supporting sustainable farming practices, a new assessment study released by Centre for Science and Environment…

Sweeping global aid cuts are dismantling organizations fundamental to ending violence against women and girls. As donors slash budgets, more women face increased risk while vital services disappear. A new UN Women report, “At Risk and Underfunded,” highlights the dangerous consequences of reduced funding. Based on a global survey, the study reveals that more than one-third of women’s rights organizations have either suspended or closed violence prevention programs.

When Napoleon set out for Russia in 1812, his campaign began with confidence but ended with catastrophic losses. Recent DNA research has now exposed which deadly diseases struck his soldiers during their desperate retreat. Researchers examined remains from mass graves in Vilnius, Lithuania, using modern DNA analysis on the teeth of soldiers. Instead of the expected typhus, scientists found suspicious traces of Salmonella enterica, responsible for paratyphoid fever, and Borrelia recurrentis, a bacterium carried by body lice.

New research led by Rutgers University scientists warns that Earth’s seas are now rising faster than at any time in the last four millennia. The study, published in Nature, finds that sea levels have climbed an average of 1.5 millimeters per year since 1900 — outpacing every century-long period over the past 4,000 years.​ China’s rapidly sinking coastal regions, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, face some of the world’s most severe threats, the research shows.

Fat stored deep inside the abdomen and liver can silently damage arteries—even in individuals who appear healthy or maintain a normal weight, says a groundbreaking study by McMaster University scientists. Published in Communications Medicine, the research challenges the long-standing reliance on body mass index (BMI) as the main indicator of obesity and heart disease risk. The findings show that hidden fat, often called visceral and hepatic fat, carries dangerous cardiovascular implications invisible through traditional weight measurements.​

Rising seas threaten not only coastlines but also the lives and livelihoods of millions who depend on coastal infrastructure and economies. A new study led by McGill University in Canada provides the most detailed assessment to date of how sea-level rise will affect buildings across developing regions in the Global South. Published in npj Urban Sustainability, the study estimates that more than 100 million buildings could face chronic flooding if fossil fuel emissions are not curbed soon.

A groundbreaking study from the University of Arizona challenges widely held assumptions that Earth is currently undergoing a sixth mass extinction. The research, led by Kristen Saban and Professor John Wiens from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, found that extinction rates across plants, arthropods, and land vertebrates peaked about 100 years ago and have since declined. Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study analyzed patterns across nearly two million species and identified 912 confirmed extinctions over the past 500 years.

Teenagers who sleep poorly or suffer from frequent night awakenings are significantly more likely to attempt suicide by late adolescence, a new study from the University of Warwick reveals. Published in Sleep Advances, the research is among the first to establish a long-term relationship between sleep disturbances at age 14 and subsequent suicide attempts at age 17, even after accounting for depression and other known risk factors.

Plastic pollution has often been described as one of humanity’s most persistent environmental threats — and now, scientists have a clearer sense of just how persistent. A new study from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) predicts that it could take more than a century to remove buoyant plastic waste from the ocean’s surface, even if all new pollution were stopped today.

Type 2 diabetes (T2D), once a disease associated with adulthood, has now become alarmingly common among children and adolescents worldwide. Two decades ago, fewer than two per cent of young people with diabetes were diagnosed with T2D. Today, studies show that childhood Type 2 diabetes has surged to between 24% and 45%, with the average diagnosis age hovering near 13 years old.