Science

Wild animals emerged in unusual places after cities worldwide imposed lockdowns to slow the coronavirus. Researchers are calling the change in human activity an “anthropause” — and they’re proposing a global effort to study how humans and animals may better share our crowded planet.

Mauro Ferrari, head of Europe’s top science body, resigned from his post — passionately citing frustration with institutional resistance and bureaucratic infighting in the EU’s complex structures. He spoke with The World’s Marco Werman about problems facing the European response to COVID-19.

Kris Stanek monitors the sky for the group All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae, or ASAS-SN, at The Ohio State University. The group observed the giant space rock, known as Asteroid 2019 OK, just before it passed by Earth. 

Science has made recent breakthroughs in their understanding of age. Find out what scientists are saying does — and doesn’t —  allow us to age slower.

Spring has long been filled with bumps and potholes in roads, many of which are caused by the salt that makes driving safe all winter. New research has shown how this annual problem could become a thing of the past with bacteria, which are being used in the fight to maintain our roads and save our streets from costly damage.