The hottest decade ever recorded is how the WMO, NASA and NOAA all described the last ten years. Find out why we're past the point where we should have to convince anyone of the truth of the climate crisis. (3:00 min read)
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Betelgeuse Dimming but Not Ready to Blow
Betelgeuse was dimming over the holidays, leading stargazers to speculate about a supernova. Find out why none of us will live to see it. (3:30 min read)
China's Human Rights Highlight HRW Report
China's human rights record took centre stage in the Human Rights Watch 2020 World Report and for all the wrong reasons. Find out why HRW says that China's government views human rights as an existential threat. (5:00 min read)
Faint Young Sun Paradox Explained by Microbes?
The faint young sun paradox asks why the early Earth had liquid oceans when the young sun was much fainter than it is today. Scientists from the University of British Columbia think they have an answer. Find out more. (3:30 min read)
Student Intern Discovers Planet With Two Suns
A student intern at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has discovered a planet orbiting two binary stars. It's the first one the TESS team has spotted. Find out why this discovery tells us more about our own planet's formation. (3:30 min read)
Starchy Plants Cooked 170,000 Years Ago
Starchy plant remains have been found in 170,000 year old cooking fire ashes in South Africa. Find out what this tells us about our human origins. (4:00 min read)
Did Life Begin in Soda Lakes?
Life could have begun in soda lakes. That's a new idea being proposed in a new study from the University of Washington. It would help scientists resolve an issue called the phosphate problem. Find out more. (3:30 min read)
Earthlike Planet Found by NASA's TESS
Earthlike planets are the target of NASA and MIT's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). This week TESS found its first earth-sized planet orbiting in its suns' habitable zone. Find out why NASA scientists are calling this discovery "exciting." (4:00 min read)
Exoplanet Water Common Yet Rare
Exoplanet water has been found on most planets studied but not in the quantities scientists expected. Find out what this means for the search for life in space. (4:30 min read)
Swing and Sway the Chimpanzee Way
Chimpanzees swing and sway to sounds in a form of proto-dance. Find out how this is shedding light on the origins of humanity's universal art of the dance. (5:00 min read)