A South African farmer planted trees to stop erosion in 1976; 50 years later, the land became a major forest-restoration experiment

A small planting on a South African farm in 1976 was meant to solve an immediate problem: stopping floodwater from washing away soil and threatening livestock. The spekboom cuttings survived, but ...

Lake Michigan looks calm from shore, but a 2013 11 kg of red dye experiment revealed its hidden waters can spread far faster than scientists expected

A 2013 dye experiment in Lake Michigan revealed that water in the lake’s open interior can spread surprisingly quickly. Researchers traced a fluorescent dye plume for hours and found that near-surface ...

Singapore covered a reservoir with 122,000 floating solar panels; it now powers 5 water-treatment plants and cuts 32,000 tonnes of CO₂ every year

Singapore has turned part of a reservoir into a giant renewable-energy installation, covering about one-third of Tengeh ...
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A Low-Plastic Diet Has Detectable Impacts on Urine Levels Within a Week, New Experiment Shows

Plastic is virtually unavoidable in 2026, but there may be ways to reduce your exposure to some of its associated chemicals.
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Scientists Create a New Form of Ice at More Than 2,000 °C

Scientists have now demonstrated one of the weirdest forms of ice yet – under preposterous pressures up to 2.3 million ...