Sea robins are unusual animals with the body of a fish, wings of a bird, and walking legs of a crab. Now, researchers show that the legs of the sea robin aren’t just used for walking. In fact, they are bona fide sensory organs used to find buried prey while digging. This work appears in … Read more
The Topographic Map illustrates the landing sites of the Chang’E Missions, Apollo Missions, and Luna Missions. Credit: NAOC A team of Chinese scientists has studied the first lunar farside samples brought back by the Chang’e-6 mission. The findings mark a significant milestone in lunar exploration science and technical exploration capability. The study was published in … Read more
World leaders have committed to reduce deaths linked to superbugs by 10% before the end of the decade. The target for 2030, set during a meeting at the UN’s general assembly in New York, came with warnings that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could reverse a century of medical progress. AMR, where pathogens such as bacteria evolve … Read more
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Earth has a visitor from afar this year that is making its way across our solar system for a once-in-81,000-year flyby, possibly for the first and last time in modern human history. Brenda Culbertson, Solar System Ambassador with NASA, told 27 News people looking up at the night sky in October might … Read more
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and Trump impeachment witness Alexander Vindman mocked the former president on Thursday for what he saw as the Republican’s limited … Read more
National parks in East Africa protect endangered wildlife but sometimes do not support local human populations, according to Edwin Sabuhoro, assistant professor of recreation, park, and tourism management at Penn State. New research by Sabuhoro and two Penn State doctoral students from East Africa demonstrated that poverty and lack of adequate food supply drive most … Read more
Fusiform rust disease causes deformities, as seen here, that cause the loblolly pine’s wood to be unusable, and severely damaged trees are often culled. Credit: Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org New models developed by University of Georgia researchers may help guide the fight against rust disease, according to a new study. The paper … Read more
Another pandemic as big as the Covid crisis that killed 7 million people worldwide is “a certainty”, Prof Sir Chris Whitty has warned, as he said that the UK’s lack of intensive care capacity for the sickest patients was a “political choice”. The NHS faced an “absolutely catastrophic situation” when the virus first hit in … Read more
In 2004, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester in England achieved a breakthrough when they isolated graphene for the first time. A flat form of carbon made up of a single layer of atoms, graphene is the thinnest known material—and one of the strongest. Hailed as a wonder material, it won … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Iraeli military to keep hitting Hezbollah at “full force” in Lebanon – despite growing international … Read more
