Can chimpanzees and other great apes breed with monkeys?
No, chimpanzees and other great apes cannot breed with monkeys. Even though we often think of primates – the…
Physicists propose a new way to spot supermassive black hole pairs
Supermassive black holes rarely travel alone. Most large galaxies hide one at the center, and when galaxies collide,…
Nose for trouble: Italian town seeks ‘odour evaluators’ to sniff out bad smells | Italy
An Italian town is seeking a crew of sniffers to identify bad smells in its quest to improve…
Astronomers watch a massive star collapse into a black hole without a supernova
Astronomers have directly observed a massive dying star skip a supernova explosion and instead collapse into a black…
Japanese Archipelago Was Once a Refuge for Cave Lions
Between 73,000 and 20,000 years ago (Late Pleistocene), the Japanese Archipelago was inhabited by cave lions (Panthera spelaea),…
Mars Molecules, a Cholesterol-Cutting Compound, And More! : ScienceAlert
This week in science: Mysterious molecules on Mars are tricky to explain without life; a compound that cuts…
Why some people feel responsible for nature – and others don’t
When environmental problems feel bigger every year, one question keeps coming up: what actually makes people care enough…
What’s next for Highland spaceport after Orbex troubles?
A mothballed spaceport in the Highlands that was intended to launch the first homegrown rocket from Scotland could…
Deadly Snake Slithers Through Crowd at Golf Tournament (Video)
Eastern brown snakes are “highly venomous and extremely dangerous to humans and pets,” and they might also like…
Burgess: Design of Human Body Greatly Surpasses Human Engineering
In an article yesterday, I described how engineer Dr. Stuart Burgess’s new book, Ultimate Engineering: How Human Biomechanics…
Spatially explicit global assessment of cropland greenhouse gas emissions circa 2020
We integrated diverse datasets into a harmonized framework, disaggregating to crop level (Supplementary Table 1). We applied the…
Find the Twins: Gemini Constellation
The night skies of February are filled with beautiful star patterns, and so this month we take a…