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…
Helical metasurfaces based on topological surface states in three-dimensional photonic topological insulators
Huber, S. D. Topological mechanics. Nat. Phys. 12, 621 (2016). Article CAS Google Scholar Yang, Z. et al.…
Incredible milestone reached as locals fightback against plague of invaders: ‘Amazing result’
Eco-activists in Australia’s south have reached an incredible milestone in the country’s ongoing battle to fight back against…
Scientists Identified A Gravitational Wave Detection That Is Nothing Like They Have Ever Seen Before, Sparking Discussion On What Might Have Caused It » TwistedSifter
Unsplash Just a decade ago we had no way to detect gravitational waves from deep in space, but…
Scientists find a ‘blue hole’ so deep they can’t reach the bottom
From the surface, Chetumal Bay looks almost placid – just a wide sheet of water with no hint…