From spider claws to ‘anal print’ toilet seats: Innovations that bagged Ig Nobels this yearThe 23rd edition of the annual awards, given out "for achievements that first make people laugh, then make them think", was broadcast in an...
When the weight of the world fell on one geologist's shouldersThe Working Group of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) is set to announce the “golden spike,” the ground zero of the Anthr...
Welcome to the Anthropocene, Earth's new chapterThe Anthropocene Working Group will announce the location of ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch borne of human...