🇺🇸 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
🔬 Wild Discoveries
Wild Discoveries
New species, strange research, scientific surprises, and discoveries that expand the map of reality.
🇬🇧 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
🌍 Uzbekistan
A bird's 8,000 km migration is building bridges between continents
A brilliant blue bird no bigger than a crow is quietly forging human connections across three continents. The
🇨🇳 China
China's super catalyst turns wastewater into fertiliser, tripling output
Chinese researchers have created a catalyst that turns wastewater into urea, the key building block of fertili
🇨🇳 China
China's new moon robot has four wheels and two arms for heavy lifting
China is building a moon robot that looks less like a rover and more like a lunar porter. The machine, designe
🌍 Central African Republic
Elephants Remember: How Time Shapes Conservation in Central Africa
Elephants in Central Africa may hold the key to rethinking conservation, not through their size or strength, b
🌍 Ecuador
Climate change could erase most of South America's cloud forests
Up to 80 percent of South America's cloud forests could vanish by the end of this century. That is the stark f
🇨🇳 China
Early Quasars Unleash Galaxy-Scale Storms, New Study Finds
The most distant quasars in the universe do not just shine. They blast. A new study published in Nature reveal
🇩🇪 Germany
Europe and Japan Join Forces for Asteroid Apophis Mission
The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have signed a deal to work together on pl
🇯🇵 Japan
Why Ozempic helps some people more than others, study finds
The same dose of Ozempic can produce dramatically different results depending on why a person reaches for food
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Pond organism rewrites genetic rulebook in surprise discovery
A microscopic organism pulled from a pond at Oxford University Parks has rewritten what scientists thought the
