Let's dive into how South Asia is handling health costs, tech growth, and the environment. It's a big puzzle, but researchers have some interesting clues. First, they looked at eight South Asian countries from 2005 to 2022. They wanted to see how health spending, tech progress, and environmental issues affect economic growth. It's like trying to figure out how diffe...

Metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, are like superheroes in the world of materials science. They have a massive surface area, lots of active sites, and a neat structure. This makes them perfect for creating other useful materials. But, using them alone isn't enough anymore. So, scientists cooked up a new plan. They took a type of MOF called MOF-74 and heated it up to...

Hot climates are not just for beach holidays for reptiles. For a lizard species in Argentina , like the L. cuyumhue, the type of habitat they call home is critical during hot summers. In Argentina, the lizard Liolaemus cuyumhue has to deal with rising temperatures. This does not just happen on its own. Oil and gas activities impact vegetation. In turn, thi...

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has a clear view: life on Earth has improved in many ways over the past 50 years. Things like infant deaths, global literacy, and poverty rates have all gone down. But there's a big exception: the natural world. It's been hurt by pollution and overuse. Amazon, Bezos' company, plays a part in this. It put out 70. 74 million metric to...