Exceptional brain and ecological diversity in the earliest snakes
Caldwell, M. W. The Origin of Snakes: Morphology and the Fossil Record (CRC Press, 2019). Gower, D. J.…
Long-lost coral reefs rediscovered off the coast of Africa
Some 60 years ago scientists documented a coral reef off the coast of Benin in West Africa that…
China Wants to Slam a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid at Mach 26
Following the success of NASA’s DART mission, Chinese researchers are planning a new planetary defense test that they…
Fears for endangered right whales grow as moratorium clears a key hurdle
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Warm ocean water is melting a giant Antarctic glacier from below. Scientists want to stop it with an 80km underwater curtain |
Scientists are checking if an underwater curtain is what will keep an Antarctic glacier from slowly melting due…
Inside India newsletter: Skyroot rocket puts India alongside U.S., China in private orbital launch
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India” —…
Africa’s camels are dying from extreme heat as temperatures soar
Camels are famously known as the ships of the desert, but even these hardy animals are not being…
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar: Environmental Impact assessment needed for proposed Barvas Moor Windfarm
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has issued a scoping opinion concluding that the proposed Barvas Moor Windfarm “is likely…
Robot heads to space to fix satellites and tackle space junk
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Arctic bobtail squid filmed in the wild … and she’s carrying eggs
Marine biologists have recorded the Arctic bobtail squid in its natural habitat for the first time, capturing footage…
Vietnam’s coffee boom fueled by decades of deforestation, report finds
Decades of unchecked deforestation for coffee production has devastated Vietnam’s Central Highland forests, according to a…
Something we’ve never seen before is coming out of a solar system in our galaxy, astronomers say
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