Greenhouse gas levels are off the charts: atmospheric CO2 in 2023 had already hit highs unseen in 800,000 years and increased yet again in 2024. The ten hottest years ever recorded? They are the last ...

The dogs were tested on their ability to understand human gestures, for example, and on whether they could go around a transparent V-shaped fence to reach a food reward they could clearly see.

So, can you still eat sprouted or green potatoes? Start by looking at them closely and checking their texture. Are the sprouts short and the tubers firm? • As long as the sprouts are only a few ...

With no reference to any faith other than Christianity, something rare for amulets of this age, this purely Christian text reveals not only the rise of Christianity in the north, but also the devotion ...

The pancreas sits behind your stomach, tucked deep enough that you can't feel it and your doctor can't easily see it. That location is part of why pancreatic problems are so often caught late. The ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...

In recent years, he has written extensively about cities and how metropolitan areas can be adapted to climate change—first for Leonard, Vinci Group’s urban innovation hub, and later for Envies de ...

Perseverance didn’t just parachute down anywhere on Mars—its landing was part of a grand plan. Scientists looking down from orbit had already noticed hints that Jezero Crater might once have been a ...

Every time you eat, your blood sugar rises; that's normal. But for the 537 million adults worldwide managing type 2 diabetes, how high it rises and how fast it comes back makes all the difference.

For generations, historians have put Mesopotamia at the heart of civilization, where the first farming villages appeared following the development of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent. This region ...

For years, scientists have been puzzling over what look like traces of old Martian coastlines. Several geological features seem to sketch out the outline of ancient shores—but there’s a twist. These ...

The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single ...