Landmark climate policy faces growing claims of environmental racism
Credit: CC0 Public Domain When California passed its landmark cap-and-trade law in 2006, supporters were...
These 2020 science claims could be big news if confirmed
Discoveries about the cosmos and ancient life on Earth tantalized scientists and the public in...
China claims fastest quantum computer in the world
A team of Chinese scientists have developed the most powerful quantum computer in the world,...
Triassic period ended with ‘lost’ mass extinction and a million-year rain storm, study claims
Long ago, before the dawn of the age of dinosaurs, a heavy rain descended upon...
Pfizer claims its COVID vaccine is 90 percent effective. Here’s what that actually means.
A 90 percent effectiveness is very impressive, but the rate is based on a relatively...