Pourquoi Pékin a-t-elle un Bureau des modific...

Les flammes se dirigent toujours vers le haut en raison de plusieurs phénomènes physiques liés à la gravité, à la densité des gaz et à la dynamique des fluides.

Une flamme est le résultat d’une combustion, un processus chimique où un combustible (comme le bo ...

Une bouteille isotherme, ou thermos, est un objet quotidien qui utilise des principes physiques simples mais ingénieux pour maintenir les liquides chauds (ou froids) pendant de longues périodes. Mais comment fonctionne-t-elle exactement ?

Au cœur de son fonctionnemen ...

For centuries we've made sacrifices, sent prayers to gods and summoned witches, in an attempt to bend the weather to our will. Science suggests now we might actually be able to do it. Weather modifiers are employed to make it rain, suppress hail and enhance snow packs. It is big ...  Show more

Weather: wet, dry, cold, hot, sunny, windy or downright weird - there’s nothing quite like it as a conversation starter, from Austin to Jakarta. And judging from the large volume of emails about all things meteorological in the CrowdScience inbox, there’s plenty to talk about. ...

Geoengineering is already underway from Australia to the Arctic as scientists try to save places threatened by global heating. It’s time for a global conversation about how we research these powerful techniques, with agreements on how and where to deploy them. Global temperature ...  Show more

This week China hit a record high temperature, a scorching 52.2°C, while Death Valley in California measured 53.9°C. Elsewhere, Europe has been battling searing heat and raging wildfires. In previous editions of Inside Science we’ve explored the effects of heat on our health. Thi ...  Show more