🇩🇪 Germany
Goethe’s amber collection hides a 40-million-year-old ant
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the German literary giant who died in 1832, never knew that one of his amber speci
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🇱🇦 Laos
Plain of Jars Mystery Solved: Stone Urns Held Human Remains
For nearly a century, the Plain of Jars in north-central Laos has puzzled archaeologists and travelers alike.
🇺🇸 United States
NASA Maps Ocean Nutrient Stress From Space for First Time
For the first time, scientists have used satellites to map where microscopic ocean plants are starving for foo
🇩🇪 Germany
Pigeons Navigate Using Magnetic Sensors Hidden in Their Livers
Pigeons carry a hidden compass inside their bodies, and it is not in their brains or beaks. New research shows
🇮🇹 Italy
Scientists Bake Sourdough With 5,000-Year-Old Yeast From Ötzi the Iceman
A sourdough loaf has been baked using yeast harvested from a 5,000-year-old mummy. The yeast came from Ötzi th
🇰🇪 Kenya
Kenyan Woman Gives Birth to 10 Babies, Sets World Record
A woman in Kenya has given birth to 10 babies, a number that surpasses any previously recorded multiple birth.
🌍 Ecuador
Golf Ball Sized Blue Octopus Discovered in Galapagos Deep Sea
A new octopus species the size of a golf ball and bright blue has been formally identified in the deep waters
🇳🇴 Norway
Severed sea cucumber tissue survives years alone in the ocean
A piece of sea cucumber tissue cut from its body can survive alone in open seawater for years, crawling along
🇺🇸 United States
Wildfire Smoke Creates Toxic Ozone Far Downwind, NASA Study Finds
Wildfire smoke does more than choke the air with ash and soot. A new NASA funded study reveals it also trigger
🇰🇭 Cambodia
Cambodia Plans to Bring Back Tigers After 20 Year Absence
Cambodia wants to bring Bengal tigers back to its forests nearly 20 years after the species was declared funct
🌍 International
ExoMars Rover Targets Massive Clay Bed in Search for Ancient Martian Life
A new study reveals that clay deposits at the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover's landing site stretch far beyon
🇦🇺 Australia
Australian telescope maps magnetic fields across the universe
Astronomers in Australia have released the first detailed map of magnetic fields spanning the largest volume o
🇧🇷 Brazil
Gold Mining in the Amazon Wipes Out Dung Beetle Populations
Gold mining in the Amazon does more than scar the landscape. It also wipes out the insects that keep the fores
🇪🇸 Spain
Why cough clouds stay denser in cooler rooms, study finds
A cough or sneeze releases a cloud of microscopic particles that can carry flu, COVID-19 or tuberculosis. New
