🇳🇱 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
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🇺🇸 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
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Scientists are pulling animal DNA straight out of thin air
A zoo in the United Kingdom has become an unlikely laboratory for a technique that sounds like science fiction
🇺🇸 United States
Lasers from the sky track alarming snowpack loss across the US West
A team of scientists is firing lasers from aircraft to measure snowpack across the US West, and what they are
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Life may hinge on a cosmic sweet spot for liquid flow, study finds
The universe may be fine tuned not just for stars and galaxies, but for the simple act of liquid flowing insid
🇰🇪 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
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Academic Publisher Deploys AI to Catch Fake Peer Reviews
A major academic publisher has quietly switched on a new weapon against scientific fraud: an artificial intell
🇨🇳 China
Crocodile scales inspire Chinese armor that deflects bullets
A new type of armor developed in China takes its design cues from the overlapping scales of a crocodile. Resea
