How Humor Can Help You Get through Hard Times
November 25, 2024 3 min read How Humor Takes the Edge off Hard Times When life feels difficult, humor can be a coping mechanism that relieves stress and offers the breathing room to keep going, scientists say By Meghan Bartels Artystarty/Getty Images Three psychologists walk into a bar to compose a witty toast to the
When a Nation Embraces a False Reality
Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” That’s a simple, profound and true statement. Moynihan’s words have particular relevance for our country and society after Donald Trump’s shocking 2024 election victory. To put things directly, Trump was able to win because he and his
World’s Largest Worm Lizard Lived 47 Million Years Ago
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of trogonophid amphisbaenian (worm lizard) from fossilized specimens found in Tunisia. Life reconstruction of Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi ready to prey on a large snail of the family Bulimulidae. Image credit: Jaime Chirinos. Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi lived in what is now Africa during the Eocene epoch, some 47 million years
Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again
CLIMATEWIRE | Eight years ago, as the Trump administration was getting ready to take office for the first time, mathematician John Baez was making his own preparations. Together with a small group of friends and colleagues, he was arranging to download large quantities of public climate data from federal websites in order to safely store
Researchers Find New Way to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Methane
A new class of atomically dispersed nickel catalysts directly converts captured carbon dioxide (CO2) to methane (CH4), according to Dr. Tomaz Neves-Garcia, a postdoctoral researcher at the Ohio State University, and his colleagues. Direct electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide capture species, i.e., carbamate and (bi)carbonate, can be promising for carbon dioxide capture and conversion from
Popular
