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Two scientists can make the exact same fundamental discovery and hope for completely different futures for it. One immediately starts calculating what it might be worth, what industries it could build, what fortune it might eventually produce.

Imagine trying to cool a warming planet with nothing more than tiny particles of chalk released high in the atmosphere. While this might sound like science fiction, more than a decade ago, Harvard researchers proposed to study this idea.

Winter ice on lakes plays an important role in keeping lakes healthy by controlling water temperature, supporting aquatic life and helping maintain the natural balance of freshwater ecosystems. However, scientists say this seasonal ice cover is disappearing faster than expected as the climate continues to warm.

"Do what you can do tomorrow, today," says Roy Kim, a 13-year-old Oregon student who has solved the water crisis for numerous farmers in the region. The teenager developed a device that turns moisture in the air into water, helping farmers access a sustainable and reliable source of water in drought-prone areas, as per a report by Young Scientist Lab.

For decades, scientists have puzzled over the huge piles of mammoth bones scattered across Ice Age Europe, Asia and North America, unsure whether they were formed by natural processes or by humans. A new genetic study of 521 woolly mammoths has now supplied a striking clue: the sex of the animals themselves.

Since the Suez Canal opened more than 150 years ago, more than 120 fish species have migrated from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have now created a statistical model that predicts which species are likely to make the move next, states a report by Phys Org.

In 1924, Arctic charr from Lake Geneva were introduced into Lake Allos. A hundred years later, scientists found that their descendants had developed different metabolic responses, even when raised under the same laboratory conditions.

The deep ocean has a way of turning ordinary events into unanswered questions. Far below the waves, sounds travel through water in ways that can make distant sources appear much closer or far stranger than they really are.

The spotted lanternfly has become one of the most destructive invasive insects in the United States, threatening vineyards, orchards and forests by feeding on the sap of hundreds of plant species. Finding its egg masses before they hatch is one of the most effective ways to slow its spread, but the eggs are well camouflaged and often overlooked by human searchers.

Imagine erasing almost every insect and small animal from an island, then watching nature rebuild itself from scratch. That was exactly what a team of ecologists did in the Florida Keys during one of the most influential ecological experiments ever conducted.