Researchers from the University of East Anglia have been flying into storms across the UK to help predict weather more accurately. In a specially-adapted passenger jet, the group has measured the properties of high winds and rain which have hit the country in recent weeks. The project aims to improve forecasting techniques. The condensation and [...]

Life on Earth is hurtling toward extinction levels comparable with those after the dinosaur-deleting asteroid impact of 65 million years ago, propelled forward by human activities, according to scientists from UC Berkeley. This week, scientists announced that if current extinction rates continue unabated, and vulnerable species disappear, Earth could lose three-quarters of its species as [...]

Finding might someday lead to targeted treatment, researchers say Scientists have identified a gene variant present in some people of white European descent who have type 2 diabetes. Although it’s not yet clear how the gene works, it may prove a future target for treatments, among other benefits, say the authors of a study published [...]