<p>The quest to approximate irrational numbers with fractions reveals hidden patterns, surprising hierarchies and enduring mathematical mysteries</p>
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<p>Do we really want to play dice with our planet?</p><p>A series in the Guardian recently declared “it’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/series/it-s-time-to-talk-about-geoengineering">time to talk</a> about geoengineering.” So let’s talk about it. And let us start with some simple truths about this cluster of techno-optimistic “quick fixes” which purport to somehow offset our slow progress towards zeroing out planet-warming carbon emissions.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/22/climate-crisis-emergency-earth-day">Solar geoengineering proposals</a> – reducing sunlight – have received the most attention, but a host of desperate schemes have been proposed in an effort to “fix” the disruption of climate caused by the growing burden of carbon dioxide human activities add to the atmosphere.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/19/solar-geoengineering-risk-to-planet-earth">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Everyday viral infections may be quietly reshaping the body’s network of molecules that support cells and tissues in ways that can raise cancer risk over time</p>
The disruption of your gut microbiome is a major consequence, and possible cause, of ageing. Columnist Graham Lawton looks into recent trials examining whether it can be replenished through diet and prebiotics, probiotics or postbiotics
Disability researchers across the country worry about their jobs, and the future of their institutions, as a delay in issuing federal grants drags on.
Tennessee pharmacies are selling potent versions of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin, led by an anti-vaccine doctor who’s taken "bucketloads."
The co-founders of Darwin Health write that the real work for making dramatic gains against pancreatic cancers is just beginning.
Shrinking fertility should mean less strain on doctors. But nearly half of U.S. counties lack a practicing obstetrician or gynecologist.
The population of black poplar trees has dwindled to around 7,000 trees in the UK and Ireland.
<p>In this week’s newsletter: The melting of the Arctic’s summer sea ice is the most visible upshot of the climate crisis. Refreezing it might be a long shot – but do drastic times call for drastic measures?</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2022/sep/20/sign-up-for-the-down-to-earth-newsletter-our-free-environmental-email">Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here</a></p><p>Speeding across rapidly melting Arctic ice on a snowmobile gave me a vivid feel for its beauty and fragility. The brilliant white landscape gleamed ahead, while the sky blue pools of meltwater jetted up on to my boots.</p><p>When I visited Cambridge Bay in northern Canada at the start of this month, the melt season had hit with brutal speed: temperatures were 5-10C above normal, kickstarting the melting almost overnight.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/17/armed-groups-colombian-farmers-election-run-off-guaviare-small-landowners-security-candidate">Why farmers see Colombia’s knife-edge election as a battle for the Amazon’s future</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/14/jamaica-beach-access-crisis-plantation-tourism">Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/15/shackleton-endurance-shipwrecks-global-heating-antarctic-underwater-protected-area">‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/19/scientists-refreeze-arctic-melting-sea-ice">Continue reading...</a>
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Researchers say certain brands and kinds of cat and dog food have more microplastics than others.
"I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."
Medicare Advantage plans that receive four out of five stars or better get bonus payments, which have ballooned to $16 billion this year.
A panel of advisers to FDA gave its endorsement to a seasonal mRNA flu vaccine that was developed by Moderna and that earlier this year became the subject of controversy.
Making good on its threat, Eli Lilly has begun eliminating mandated price breaks to a few dozen hospitals that participate in a federal drug discount program.
This week on "The Readout LOUD" podcast: new hope in treating Huntington's disease and a report card on RFK Jr.'s promises. Listen now.
Palaeontologists have found new evidence that the early ancestors of amphibians, reptiles and mammals did not have a larval stage with external gills like modern frogs or salamanders
An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of Japan to move 5 millimetres to the east
An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of Japan to move 5 millimetres to the east
<p>These ruins, located just five kilometers from Stonehenge, likely laid the groundwork for religious rites celebrating the longest and shortest days of the year</p>
It's unclear whether the system is currently intact.
<p>This “extraordinary” event was likely caused by seismic waves bouncing off Earth’s core, researchers found</p>
<p>Next summer, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will start sidling up to several asteroids near Jupiter. On its way there, it has studied another space rock up close</p>
Three species that lived about 308 million years ago challenge the idea that the first land vertebrates underwent amphibian-like metamorphosis.