To view the partial solar eclipse that will occur in North America on March 29, it is essential to use protective eyewear. (Image credit: Getty Images) On March 2
The constellation Leo includes one of the three stars of the Vernal Triangle, an asterism that occurs over several months beginning with the spring equinox. (Image credit: manpuku7 via Getty Images) Spring is coming to the Northern Hemisphere, but how…
Mount Spurr as seen during an AVO flyby on March 11. The summit crater is located at lower center, and the peak of the crater is at center left. (Image credit: USGS AVO) A massive volcano in Alaska appears to…
Carbon is often stigmatised in the modern climate change debate, but Paul Hawken argues that the element is the basis of life on the planet. (Photo: Beate Whitehead/Getty Images) The oxidized form of carbon is at the center of the…
An artistic illustration of a deceptive AI. (Image credit: Getty Images) A new study from OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, has shown that punishing AI for deceptive or harmful actions does not prevent it from behaving badly; it only makes…
Satellite images from 1986 and 2019 show how the Ok Glacier has almost completely disappeared from the top of an Icelandic volcano. (Image credit: NASA/Landsat) Two satellite images taken 33 years apart show the disappearance of a glacier in Iceland,…