🇦🇶 Antarctica
Antarctic Glacier Retreats 8 Kilometers in Just Two Years
An Antarctic glacier has pulled back more than 8 kilometers in just two years. That is roughly the length of 8
🔬 Wild Discoveries
Wild Discoveries
New species, strange research, scientific surprises, and discoveries that expand the map of reality.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
A Tiny House in Bangladesh Rises With the Floodwaters
A house that does not fight floodwater but floats on top of it is now sheltering families in one of the most f
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
London students swap textbooks for VR headsets to beat stress
Some students in London are now putting on virtual reality headsets instead of opening textbooks to lower thei
🇰🇪 Kenya
Kenyan Fishermen Turn to Sex Work as Lake Victoria Catches Collapse
In Kenya, male fishermen on Lake Victoria are selling sex to other men to survive after fish catches collapsed
🇨🇦 Canada
New Database Maps RNA Interactions That Could Reshape Medicine
A team in Canada has built a database that systematically maps how tiny RNA molecules interact with their targ
🇲🇾 Malaysia
Inside Borneo's bat caves where millions of bats fly out each night
Every evening at dusk, a living river of bats pours from the mouth of Deer Cave in Malaysian Borneo. The strea
🌍 Global
Global freshwater fish migrations have collapsed by 81 percent
Migratory freshwater fish populations have crashed by 81 percent since 1970, a staggering decline that outpace
🇫🇷 France
Europe's Sentinel-1D Goes Live, Completing Radar Fleet
Europe now has a full set of four radar eyes in the sky. The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite, launched last N
🇦🇶 Antarctica
Warm ocean water is creeping toward Antarctica’s ice shelves
For the first time, scientists have direct evidence that a massive pool of warm ocean water is creeping toward
🇮🇩 Indonesia
Global sea cucumber trade threatens 60 percent of species
The humble sea cucumber, a creature that looks more like a squishy pickle than a luxury commodity, is at the c
🇩🇪 Germany
New Polymer Class Could Point to a Compostable Plastic Alternative
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth reported a new class of polymers that could contribute to compostabl
🇦🇺 Australia
Arnhem Land Thylacine Art Raised New Mainland Questions
Researchers and traditional owners examined previously undocumented Arnhem Land paintings of thylacines, raisi
🇨🇳 China
China Fossil Site Pushed the Complex Animal Story Before the Cambrian
A newly reported fossil site in southwest China has pushed parts of the complex animal story deeper into time,
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Seal-Tooth Pendant Reframed a Stone Age Devon Find
A Stone Age object from Devon has been reinterpreted as a seal-tooth pendant, offering fresh clues about ancie
