UK and Florida commit $400,000 to joint space projects
TAMPA, Fla. — The British government and Florida’s space-focused economic development agency have each committed $200,000 to support…
‘Internet of the forest’: Scientists discover birds and monkeys in the Amazon have developed a natural communication network to share danger warnings and protect each other from predators |
The Amazon rainforest is never truly quiet, and its endless chorus of chirps, whistles and calls may carry…
1st atmosphere detected on Earth-like, habitable-zone world
Atmosphere detected! For the 1st time, astronomers have detected an atmosphere on a rocky exoplanet in the habitable…
Great Barrier Reef at risk of ‘collapse’, scientists warn
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is at a very high risk of extreme and widespread bleaching and “ecosystem collapse”…
Astronomers find the first atmosphere on a rocky world in the habitable zone
Astronomers have reached a major turning point in the search for life beyond Earth by detecting an atmosphere…
Tahlequah Whale: Killer Orca Whale Tahlequah’s ‘tour of grief’: The story of a ‘grieving’ mother who carried her dead calf for 1,600 kms over 17 days
Photo: NOAA Fisheries West Coast Humans are considered creatures with great emotional intelligence, caring deeply for their young…
Historic Barony Scroll Donated to University
The descendants of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Lord Ernest Rutherford have donated the historic Barony of Rutherford scroll to…
As Europe’s heatwaves get more dangerous, here are four ways we can protect ourselves and others | Environment
From the comfort of a friend’s air-conditioned car last weekend, I watched a dozen sweaty men on a…
Galaxy cluster’s magnetic field reconstructed for 1st time with record-breaking astronomy map
For the first time, astronomers have reconstructed the magnetic field of an entire cluster of galaxies, from its…
Orangutan Mothers Plan Playdates For Young: Orangutan mothers travel for hours, even skip lunch to arrange ‘jungle playdates’ for their young, new study finds
If we’ve learned anything from Mowgli, it’s that growing up in the rainforest is brutally difficult. The same…
Ancient Inferno: Europe’s Millennia of Triassic Fires
The end-Triassic mass extinction, 201 million years ago, is linked to volcanism that resulted from the break-up of…
Earth’s waters are quietly running out of oxygen, scientists warn
Scientists led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are warning that oxygen is disappearing rapidly from…