Leo Wilson

Can seabirds hear their way across the ocean? Our research suggests so

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Can seabirds hear their way across the ocean? Our research suggests so

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Animals cover astonishing distances when they are looking for food. While caribou, reindeer and wolves clock up impressive mileage on land, seabirds are unrivaled in their traveling distances. Arctic terns travel from the Arctic to Antarctica and back as part of their annual migration. Wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) fly the equivalent … Read more

‘Something in my eye’: The Repair Shop fans sobbing ‘within minutes’ of Christmas special episode

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‘Something in my eye’: The Repair Shop fans sobbing ‘within minutes’ of Christmas special episode

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Viewers of the BBC’s popular series The Repair Shop found themselves in tears within minutes of the Christmas special, due to a story about a young boy who died of cancer. The show … Read more

First observation of how water molecules move near a metal electrode

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First observation of how water molecules move near a metal electrode

A collaborative team of experimental and computational physical chemists from South Korea and the United States have made an important discovery in the field of electrochemistry, shedding light on the movement of water molecules near metal electrodes. This research holds profound implications for the advancement of next-generation batteries utilizing aqueous electrolytes. In the nanoscale realm, … Read more

New research rewrites our understanding of whale evolution

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New research rewrites our understanding of whale evolution

Dr James Rule (L) and Dr Erich Fitzgerald (R) with the Murray River whale fossil at Melbourne Museum. Credit: Eugene Hyland. Source: Museums Victoria New research from the Museums Victoria Research Institute has turned upside down our previous understanding of the evolution of the largest animals ever––baleen whales. Paleontologists Dr. James Rule (Monash University and … Read more

Scientists might be using a flawed strategy to predict how species will fare under climate change

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First observation of how water molecules move near a metal electrode

As the world heats up, and the climate shifts, life will migrate, adapt or go extinct. For decades, scientists have deployed a specific method to predict how a species will fare during this time of great change. But according to new research, that method might be producing results that are misleading or wrong. University of … Read more

What octopus DNA tells us about Antarctic ice sheet collapse

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What octopus DNA tells us about Antarctic ice sheet collapse

Turquet’s octopus (Pareledone turqueti) lives on the seafloor around Antarctica. Credit: Dave Barnes/British Antarctic Survey If we want to understand the future, it’s often useful to look at the past. And even more useful if you use octopus DNA to peer into worlds long gone. About 125,000 years ago, the Earth was in its last … Read more

Scientists tackle difficult-to-recycle thermoset polymers

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First observation of how water molecules move near a metal electrode

A team of UK scientists has got a step closer to making several different types of plastic much easier to recycle, using a method that could be applied to a whole range of difficult-to-recycle polymers, including rubbers, gels and adhesives. Thermoplastics and thermosets are two types of plastics that both consist of long chains of … Read more

Why the universe might be a hologram

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Why the universe might be a hologram

The colored circle represents the hologram, out of which the knotted optical vortex emerges. Credit: University of Bristol A quarter century ago, physicist Juan Maldacena proposed the AdS/CFT correspondence, an intriguing holographic connection between gravity in a three-dimensional universe and quantum physics on the universe’s two-dimensional boundary. This correspondence is at this stage, even a … Read more