Former newsreader and big cat conservationist Gillian van Houten dies
Gillian van Houten, one of South Africa’s most recognisable news presenters and a former SABC newsreader during the…
A female shark can reproduce with no male at all: a process called parthenogenesis, first confirmed when a captive female housed for years without males produced a pup carrying only its mother’s DNA
Three female bonnethead sharks shared a tank at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, with no male…
Astronomers Detect an Atmosphere on a Potentially Earth-Like World
In this artist’s concept, the exoplanet LHS 1140 b is shown in the foreground, surrounded by a helium-rich…
A study showed six-month-old babies photos of spiders next to flowers matched for size and colour, and their pupils widened measurably for the spiders
Four researchers sat sixteen six-month-old babies on their parents’ laps in a windowless room in Uppsala, Sweden, and…
Binman settles debate over putting excess rubbish next to wheelie bin
A binman has revealed what you can and can’t do if you have too much rubbish It is…
World’s First Room-Temperature Quantum Material Sorts Light in an Unprecedented Way
A new Nature study establishes a blueprint for engineering future quantum materials that operate under everyday conditions. Credit:…
A lion’s tongue is covered in hollow, backward-pointing spines called papillae, widely credited with stripping flesh from bone and lifting hair from a hide: the same structure that makes a lick from a domestic cat feel like sandpaper
The spines on a lion’s tongue are made of keratin, the same material as its claws, and they…
US scientists find cleaner way to separate rare earths using minerals
Rare earth elements power everything from electric vehicle motors and wind turbines to MRI scanners and smartphones. However,…
How an Irish climate startup is working to thicken Arctic sea ice and protect Inuit communities
While many children grow up to be accountants or teachers, Cían Sherwin has taken a more ambitious career…
Metal spheres found in Australia show how little we still know about falling space debris, experts say
Once again, the “Land Down Under” is on the apparent uptick for falling space debris. In early July,…
North American beavers in sub-Antarctic Chile are doing more than flooding forests; they are turning riparian land into methane-spewing wetlands |
North American beavers in sub-Antarctic Chile are doing more than flooding forests; they are turning riparian land into…
We talk with astronaut Michael Foale about the 1997 Space Station Mir crisis: ‘He took all the blame of the collision on his shoulders’
ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPACE | Clip | Fix the Ship – YouTube Watch On All systems…