China Invests $546 Billion in Clean Energy, Far Surpassing the U.S.
China accounted for nearly half of the world's low-carbon spending in 2022, which could challenge U.S. efforts to bolster domestic clean energy manufacturingAerial view of the construction site of Jiangxia Tidal Power Station, the world's fourth largest tidal power station which also hosts a solar PV power installation, on April 21, 2022 in Wenling, Taizhou
New Apps Aim to Douse the Social Media Dumpster Fire
Credit: We Are/Getty ImagesAfter Elon Musk’s recent acquisition of Twitter, many habitual tweeters announced their intentions of switching to other social platforms. Some blamed their defection on fears of an increase in hate speech and misinformation on the site. But even before the takeover, social media platforms such as Twitter already had a major problem
Death, Sex and Aliens: A Surprising History of Slime
Credit: London LaddSlime: A Natural History by Susanne Wedlich Translated by Ayça Türkoğlu Melville House, 2023 ($27.99) In Slime: A Natural History, science journalist Susanne Wedlich preempts her readers’ repulsion. Although “we are all creatures of slime,” she writes on page 2, the mere mention of the name connotes images of sickness, death, and other
One Third of the Amazon Has Been Degraded by Human Activities
A pair of studies raise concerns that the Amazon rain forest may be approaching a point of no returnAerial view of a log storage yard in an area of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. Credit: Tarcisio Schnaider/Getty ImagesStudy after study has sounded the alarm on the deteriorating Amazon rainforest. Plagued by deforestation, drought, fires and other
How Plants’ Plumbing Let Them Conquer the World
To protect from deadly drought and make it on land, plants developed complicated inner plumbingFossilized stem cross section with water-conducting tissues highlighted in blue. Credit: Ludwig Luthardt/Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (CC-BY license)Towering redwoods and lanky jungle vines hoist water from the soil to their lofty leaves through a tubelike tissue called the xylem. In early
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