We used a metal probe connected to a microphone to capture and record the sounds made by tiny animals in the soil, while using headphones to listen in. Credit: Flinders University Healthy soil is teeming with life. An astonishing 59% of Earth’s species live in soil. They play crucial roles in maintaining soil health and, … Read more
The ship disappeared beneath the murky waters of the North Sea off northeast Scotland in 1914. A team of UK divers has hailed the discovery of a wreck off Scotland believed to be a Royal Navy warship sunk during World War I but still “virtually intact”. The team found what it thinks is HMS Hawke—which … Read more
by Chay Brown, Connie Shaw, Kayla Glynn-Braun and Shirleen Campbell, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains mentions of someone who has died. After two years and 16 hearings, the Senate Inquiry into Missing and Murdered First Nations women handed down its report yesterday. While … Read more
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Vacuum decay, a process that could end the universe as we know it, may happen 10,000 times sooner than expected. Fortunately, it still won’t happen for a very, very long time. When physicists speak of “the vacuum,” the term sounds as though it refers to … Read more
Inspired by golden milk, this powdered golden soy milk made from turmeric (left) or curcumin (right) is easy to produce and has an extended shelf life. Credit: Anthony Suryamiharja If you’ve visited a trendy cafe in the past few years, you might have noticed “golden” turmeric milk on the menu. Though recently advertised as a … Read more
Honey samples used to develop tests. Credit: Cranfield University Researchers led by Cranfield University have developed new ways to detect sugar syrup adulteration in honey, paving the way for fast and accurate tests to discover fake products. There is growing consumer demand for honey, with £89.8 million worth of honey imported to the UK in … Read more
The innovative research builds on Tour’s 2020 development of waste disposal and upcycling applications using flash Joule heating. Credit: James Tour’s Lab/Rice University. James Tour’s lab at Rice University has developed a new method known as flash-within-flash Joule heating (FWF) that could transform the synthesis of high-quality solid-state materials, offering a cleaner, faster and more … Read more
This graphic shows a cutaway model of Earth’s radiation belts with the two Van Allen Probes satellites flying through them. Credit: NASA illustration Two University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have discovered a new type of “whistler,” an electromagnetic wave that carries a substantial amount of lightning energy to the Earth’s magnetosphere. The research is published … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Third-party collection of mail-in ballots has helped rural residents and those with disabilities to vote, yet the practice has become contentious and the target of laws aimed at restricting it. Critics claim the process is vulnerable to fraud and manipulation. But new research from the University of Utah’s College of Social … Read more
An aerial view of James Island and James Fort. The Jamestown colony was established in Tsenacomoco, the Algonquian name for the Powhatan chiefdom in the tidewater areas of the Chesapeake Bay and later became the Commonwealth of Virginia. Credit: Jamestown Rediscovery Previous scientific studies have indicated that North American dog lineages were replaced with European … Read more
