New Insight Sparks Rethink of Human Ancestor Naming
Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors,…
Tropical storm Lala wreaks ‘devastation’ to some areas of Hawaii’s Big Island | Hawaii
Hawaii residents began to clean up after tropical storm Lala blew past the Big Island, leaving more than…
NASA astronaut and 1st female French spacewalker remove failed antenna, but run out of time for replacement
Two astronauts — including the first French woman in history to perform a spacewalk — worked outside of…
van der Waals Josephson junctions for quantum science and technology
Devoret, M. H. & Schoelkopf, R. J. Superconducting circuits for quantum information: an outlook. Science 339, 1169–1174 (2013).…
Sea otters have the densest fur of any mammal on Earth, up to one million hairs per square inch, because unlike whales and seals they carry no insulating blubber and would freeze to death in the North Pacific without a coat that traps a layer of air against their skin
A sea otter floating on its back off the California coast is wearing the densest fur of any…
Paleontologists Reconstruct 56-Million-Year-Old Forests – and Find a Chilling Warning for Today
Fragments of fossilized leaves like these helped the authors recreate the forest canopies of 56 million years ago.…
‘Little bit grumpy’: Rural residents shoulder water upgrade costs
The Motueka River is expected to be the new, cleaner source of Dovedale’s water. But the upgrade, which…
Watch SpaceX launch its 100th mission of the year tonight
SpaceX is about to hit the century mark for the third year in a row. A Falcon 9…
Krypton-sputtered tantalum films for scalable high-performance quantum devices
Awschalom, D. D., Bernien, H., Hanson, R., Oliver, W. D. & Vučković, J. Challenges and opportunities for quantum…
In the 1990s, a predatory flatworm was released in Samoa to control giant African snails; it later became linked to the decline and extinction of native island snails
In the 1990s, a predatory flatworm was released in Samoa to control giant African snails An aggressive predatory…
Swedish researchers use 3D model to study snoring mechanics
Anyone who has had to share a room – or worse, a bed – with a loud snorer…
Are zoos ready for the changing climate?
When people think about climate change and animals, they might picture melting sea ice, drought-stricken landscapes or species…