Category: Science and Nature

Life What is it like to be a dog? And what can we learn from them? Mark Rowlands’s take, in his book The Happiness of Dogs, is full of insights, finds Abigail Beall By Abigail Beall Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email Unlike humans, dogs may know what they know through

Polar bears are very closely related to brown bears, but have some key genetic adaptations that set them apart from their relatives. Deposit Photos The Arctic is not the most hospitable place on Earth. Some Arctic animals like reindeer have several genetic adaptations to help them thrive there, and one of the region’s top predators

Earth and all its layers. Image: DepositPhotos Excerpted from Volcanoes Are Hot: Oliver’s Great Big Universe #2 by Jorge Cham. September 2024. Published with permission by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS.    Earth is a lot like a boba tea drink. You know those boba tea drinks they sell in some shops where they shake

Natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions elevate the extinction risk for mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. These events may interact with human-related hazards, potentially intensifying their impacts. In a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers funded by FAPESP estimate that over 3,000 species of terrestrial vertebrates are threatened with extinction

Ice Age teens experienced puberty stages akin to today’s adolescents, with new research shedding light on their health and social roles, exemplified by the unique case of “Romito 2.” A groundbreaking new study on the timing of puberty in Pleistocene teens has bridged a knowledge gap about how early humans grew up…  » …

Cash-strapped Maldives says no need for IMF bailout by AFP Staff Writers Colombo (AFP) Sept 14, 2024 The Maldives says its financial troubles are “temporary” and the luxury tourist destination has no plans to seek an International Monetary Fund bailout after warnings of a possible sovereign default. Foreign minister Moosa Zameer said the Indian Ocean

Tibetan plateau’s unique heatwave amplified by land-atmosphere interactions by Simon Mansfield Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 15, 2024 Heatwaves are typically associated with low-lying, hot regions. But what happens when extreme temperatures occur at the frigid, high altitudes of the Tibetan Plateau? A new study, published in ‘Weather and Climate Extremes’, explores this question by investigating

A widespread theory that the people of Easter Island caused a societal collapse is not true, new research suggests. Two recent studies have cast doubt on a popular theory that the ancient residents of Easter Island suffered a societal collapse because they overexploited their natural resources, an event often labeled one of history’s first “ecocides”.

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Soap operas are known for outrageous schemes and scandalous affairs, but an NYU researcher finds that they can also serve as effective interventions for preventing intergroup violence in conflict-ridden areas by shaping social norms, promoting understanding of different perspectives, and encouraging people to create change. In an analysis of research on

Research Highlight Published: 13 September 2024 Drug delivery Iris Marchal 1  Nature Biotechnology volume 42, page 1357 (2024)Cite this article Macromolecular drugs have limited applications in the brain because they cannot cross the blood–brain barrier. A parasite that does have the natural capacity to travel to the brain is Toxoplasma gondii. In a study in Nature Microbiology