The Earth’s warming rate will reach an all-time high in 2023, with 92% of last year’s astonishing record-breaking heat caused by humans, top scientists have calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what was behind last year’s deadly heat explosion. They said that despite a higher… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.com. Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth? Couldn’t there be completely different types of life on other planets?… Read More »
The 2020s have already seen many Moon landing attempts, although many have crashed or rolled over. With all the excitement surrounding the possibility of humans returning to the Moon, both commercial interests and scientists stand to gain. The Moon is perfectly suited for researchers to build telescopes they cannot place on Earth; because the Moon… Read More »
Believed to be the most widespread mammal in North America, the deer mouse has a very different set of family values than its evolutionary sibling, the ancient field mouse. Oldfield mice are monogamous. Fathers groom their young, keeping them warm and ensuring they do not stray far from the nest. The deer mouse prefers the… Read More »
The language of humpback whales is as foreign to us as an alien race from another planet. Learning to talk to them could one day help us shape our conversations with intelligent extraterrestrials.Zolla Chen/Shutterstock The language of humpback whales may be as foreign to us as an alien race from another planet. So learning to… Read More »