Carbon Dioxide Is Shriveling Men’s Balls
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new study from researchers in California has reached some astonishing new conclusions. An interdisciplinary team composed of members from physics, physiology, statistics, and atmospheric sciences began with results from a metastudy of sperm concentration in men. This study (chart on left) confirmed that sperm…
Volunteer Scientists Study Flowers to Battle Climate Dread
MeadoWatch is a program that enlists volunteers to collect wildflower data on hikes at Mount Rainier National Park. Volunteers say it provides an opportunity to inject much-needed scientific data into political discussions about climate changeWolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High…
The Internet Is in Love With These Adorable Fat Bears
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At Katmai National Park in Alaska, the bears are getting fat. Really fat. Fat helps brown bears get through hibernation, which can lasts up to six months. “Over the course of winter hibernation in the den, a bear could lose up to one third of…
Demonstrators Are Swarming Capitol Hill to Protest Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday, senators confirmed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, in spite of the cries of protesters who stormed the Senate—at times interrupting the vote. “You are a coward!” a protester yelled as Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) placed his vote in favor…
A Bitterly Divided Senate Elevates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Senate today voted 50 to 48 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. The closeness of his confirmation vote is unprecedented. Kavanaugh won even fewer ayes than Justice Clarence…
Mitch McConnell Just Called the Democrats’ Opposition to Kavanaugh “a Great Political Gift”
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In advance of the Saturday’s Senate vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told the Washington Post he was grateful for the opposition to Kavanaugh from Democratic senators and protesters. “It’s been a great political gift for…