🇺🇬 Uganda
Alpine Fires Now Burning in Africa's High Mountains for First Time
For the first time in at least 40,000 years, fire has burned in the alpine zone of Africa's high mountains. Re
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🇺🇸 United States
Organic molecules found in 66-million-year-old dinosaur bones
A dinosaur hip bone from South Dakota still holds traces of its original proteins, 66 million years after the
🇦🇶 Antarctica
Antarctic Ice Reveals Earth Is Drifting Through Ancient Supernova Debris
Earth is quietly drifting through the radioactive remains of an ancient exploding star, and scientists found t
🇧🇷 Brazil
Amazon frogs vanishing before scientists can name them
The Amazon is losing frog species faster than scientists can find them. In Brazil, researchers estimate that d
🇺🇸 United States
Sleeping 6 to 8 Hours Linked to Slower Aging in Major Study
Getting between six and eight hours of sleep each day may slow the aging process, according to a large new stu
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Bee Brains Inspire Robot That Finds Its Way Home
A flying robot can now find its way home using a brain inspired by honeybees. Researchers built a simple machi
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Honeybee flight patterns teach robots to navigate smarter
A robot that navigates like a honeybee on its first flight outside the hive can find its way home using far le
🇺🇸 United States
Pneumonia Experiments in Space Could Protect Hearts on Earth
A pneumonia infection in space may help doctors save hearts on Earth. NASA scientists are growing heart tissue
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Sawfish vanish from Sri Lanka but cling on in a few refuges
The sawfish, a ray with a long, tooth-lined snout, is now considered functionally extinct in Sri Lanka. That m
🇺🇸 United States
Satellites Are Now Mapping Poverty From Space
A satellite orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth can now detect whether a community is poor, and it does so
🇦🇺 Australia
Crickets Groom Injured Antennae Like Dogs Nurse Paws, Study Finds
Crickets stroke and groom a sore antenna in the same way a dog nurses its hurt paw. That is the finding of new
🇮🇩 Indonesia
Farming drives most tropical peatland loss in Indonesia, Peru and DRC
Farming, not logging or mining, is now the single biggest reason tropical peatlands are disappearing in Indone
🇿🇦 South Africa
Africa's frogs and toads are being left out of conservation plans
Africa is home to some of the world's most unique amphibians, yet conservation planners are largely ignoring t
🇦🇹 Austria
Tiny Metal Lump Exists in Two Places at Once in Quantum First
A tiny lump of metal just pulled off a trick that defies everyday logic: it existed in two places at the same
