Forests are becoming less resilient because of climate change
An analysis of two decades of satellite data shows that forests in arid, tropical and temperate regions are becoming less able to bounce back after events such as drought and…
Starfish embryos form weird ‘living crystal’ we have never seen before
Whilst studying how starfish embryos swim, researchers observed a previously unseen phenomenon where the embryos clumped together into a honeycomb pattern near the surface of the water Life 13 July…
Moving turtle eggs to protect them disrupts brain development
Moving sea turtle eggs to protect them comes with its own risks, as the resulting hatchlings tend to be less well-developed than those that remain in their original location Life…
Efforts to regulate ‘killer robots’ are threatened by war in Ukraine
International efforts to legally control the use of “killer robots” are faltering because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Technology 13 July 2022 By David Hambling A Ukrainian soldier observes the…
How to go rock pooling: The surprising science on your nearest beach
Searching tidal pools for creatures and plants shouldn’t just be for kids. With a little expert knowledge, you can discover all kinds of evolutionary marvels, from anemones and chitons to…
Poem: ‘On Visible Light’
Knowledge is the fruiting body of light,and light the fruiting body of photonsat the end of traveling through our nights to reach the velvet chair, the common snipe,where we see…
Newly Recognized Dementia Called LATE May Hit 40 Percent of Older People
Toxic clumps of two proteins, beta-amyloid and tau, are the well-known hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia. But another protein, TDP-43, has gained increasing recognition in…
Genomic Sequencing Is Critical to Our Understanding of COVID
As we continue to face episodic COVID surges globally, the U.S. government and its Centers for Disease Control need to focus on enhancing our systems for detecting the next highly…
Penguins adapt their accents to sound more like their friends
African penguins modify their calls to sound more similar to their partners and colony mates over time, showing a form of vocal learning known in only a few animals Life…
James Webb Space Telescope team quietly releases a picture of Jupiter
On top of the first high-resolution science images that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team just released, there was also a picture of Jupiter hidden in a document about telescope…