Adrian Villellas
China is transforming the Takla Makan Desert, which at 337,000 km² is almost the size of Poland, into a “lung in the sand”: the 66 billion trees planted since 1978 have increased vegetation, multiplied rainfall during the wet season by 2.5 times, and even reduced local CO2 levels from 416 to 413 ppm
A student has created cosmic dust in the laboratory and may have revealed how the ingredients for life on Earth came about
Scientists discover the protein that “deactivates” cartilage regeneration and manage to reverse wear and tear in aging joints
A 29-year-old man wants to put an end to holes in walls with an idea that could transform rental housing
The remains found in the teeth of a woman from 4,000 years ago could change what we know about betel consumption in Asia
Biologists can’t believe the latest discovery of a tiny new species weighing only 3 grams: “Flat head, hairy tail, and the weight of a sugar cube”
Argentina achieved the unthinkable after 110 years, and the “return” of this mammal to the Chaco is already changing the ecosystem from day one
Time is not the same in all materials, and an experiment shows that an electron can take between 26 and more than 200 attoseconds, depending on where it is located
It stands over 100 feet tall, is nearly 200 feet wide at the base, and may be older than many famous monuments; now NOAA believes that this Maug coral may hold clues to the future of reefs
Life has been found beneath the damaged reactors at Fukushima, and the details about the radioactivity in the water are horrifying
Stephen Hawking, scientist: “The worst enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge”
Einstein predicted it a century ago… and now they are measuring it live: two stars approaching each other like a cosmic clock















