This image released in 2021 by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment shows one of two rare Javan rhino calves captured on video in Ujung Kulon National Park. This week, a billionaire went on a spacewalk, archaeologists discovered a new, isolated Neanderthal lineage, and the James Webb Space Telescope revealed the outer edges of the Milky […]
In September 2023, scientists monitoring seismic activity around the world discovered a mysterious signal. This signal was unlike any previously observed and was recorded everywhere from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Instead of the usual earthquake rumble, the signal was a sustained hum with only one vibration frequency and it lasted for nine days. At […]
CHαS spectral imaging of Messier 77. Image credit: Melso et al., 2024 Using the Circumgalactic H-alpha Spectrograph (CHαS), astronomers have made spectroscopic observations of a nearby active galaxy called Messier 77. They discovered a very extended structure of ionized gas around this galaxy. The finding was published in a research paper posted on the preprint […]
Image credit: CC0 Public Domain One of Colorado’s reintroduced wolves wandered into Rocky Mountain National Park this month, the first time one has been present in the park since the state released wolves in December. A collared animal “spent some time” in the park in August, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s monthly update on […]
A young tiger shark. Photo credit: Albert Kok/Wikipedia A new study shows how a prehistoric manatee was hunted by not one but two different carnivores – a crocodile and a shark – shedding light on the hunting tactics of ancient creatures as well as the broader food chain millions of years ago. Published in Journal […]
Credit: Magazine for cleaner production (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142782 A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) has examined the impact of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) – an integrated approach that includes methods and practices designed to make agriculture more sustainable and economically, socially and environmentally resilient – on Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions. To find […]
Yash Sondhi was looking for differences in color vision between two closely related moths, one active at night and the other during the day. Instead, he found differences in the way they keep time. Image credit: Jeremy Squire How do two species come into existence? This is a tricky question for biologists. It is generally […]
Photo credit: University of Western Ontario Skyrocketing food prices have Canadians united as families examine their budgets and try to keep their grocery bills under control. A new report from the Ivey Centre for Building Sustainable Value and Western University’s Human Environments Analysis Laboratory (HEAL) reveals an alarming reality: Canadians waste food at a shocking […]
NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo en route to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for their launch in the Boeing Starliner capsule to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File Will two NASA […]
Image credit: CC0 Public Domain Japan has a very clear vision of what the future of clean energy in the Asia-Pacific region should look like: decarbonisation, but slowly and with a longer-term role for coal, oil and gas. This was clearly evident this week when energy ministers from nine Southeast Asian countries, plus Japan and […]
