Leo Wilson 
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Staff at a hotel in Perthshire were delighted over the New Year period after they received a £10,000 Hogmanay tip from none other than Sir Rod Stewart. The … Read more
Primates — and this includes humans — are thought of as highly social animals. Many species of monkeys and apes live in groups. Lemurs and other Strepsirrhines, often colloquially referred to as “wet-nosed” primates, in contrast, have long been believed to be solitary creatures, and it has often been suggested that other forms of social … Read more
Credit: iScience (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108533 Africa is on fire. It has been for thousands of years. The continent contains more than 50% of the total area on Earth that is burning, on average, and there is no sign of it stopping; indeed, the migrating, hemisphere-hopping African wildfire season is steadily increasing. The fire is essentially … Read more
Hannah Zeavin quotes Harold Bloom in praise of Sigmund Freud’s metaphors (‘Psychoanalysis has returned’: why 2023 brought a new Freud revival, 29 December). Bloom also said: “I do not know of anyone who has ever benefited from Freudian or any other mode of analysis, except for being, to use the popular trope, so badly shrunk, that they became quite dried out” (Paris … Read more
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US An imam was shot outside a mosque in Newark, New Jersey. The shooting occurred Wednesday morning near the corner of Camden Street and South Orange Avenue. First responders rushed … Read more
As climate change continues to impact people across South Florida, the need for adaptive responses becomes increasingly important. A recent study led by researchers at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, assessed the perspectives of 76 diverse South Florida climate adaptation professionals. The study titled, “Practitioner perspectives on climate … Read more
Developmental stage-specific downregulation of chlorophyll using ethanol inducible promoter. (a) Biosynthesis pathway of chlorophyll and the model structure of Mg-chelatase with three subunits (red rectangle). (b) Design of ethanol inducible CHLI sRNA construct. (c) Location of T-DNA (red triangle) in two tobacco mutants (mt1 and mt2). (d) Changes in leaf color phenotype after 100 mL 1% … Read more
An extraordinary early medieval cemetery with women’s bodies placed carefully in crouched positions has been found close to the end of an airport runway in Wales. The bodies, which were buried about 1,500 years ago, were all laid on their side facing south, suggesting they were the subject of a specific ceremony. As well as … Read more
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25200875/image_1.jpg "How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now")
Using satellite imagery and AI, researchers have mapped human activity at sea with more precision than ever before. The effort exposed a huge amount of industrial activity that previously flew under the radar, from suspicious fishing operations to an explosion of offshore energy development. The maps were published today in the journal Nature. The research … Read more
An employee rides a bicycle next to oil tanks at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia October 12, 2019. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Oil rose more than 3% on Wednesday as tensions mount in the Middle East and OPEC pledges to remain united in supporting prices. The West Texas Intermediate contract for February … Read more
