Dogs wearing harnesses can pull with a force exceeding their body weightCBCK-Christine/Alamy Dogs generally pull about 60 per cent harder on a leash when wearing a padded harness compared with a collar, even when the equipment is marketed as “anti...
“Hello again!” Pigeons can remember individual human facesMartin Parr/Magnum Photos I was walking in the park with a friend recently, when they pointed at a pigeon and told me I was looking at their favourite bird. I was incredulous. Pigeons?...
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman.If you’re one of the many folks who eagerly awaits the arrival of Spotify Wrapped each December, you might have noticed something a little extra in this year’s drop: an...
When Hurricane Helene’s torrential rains and raging floodwaters devastated western North Carolina last September, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses lost electricity. More than a week later, tens of thousands remained without it. Thousands were left in the dark...
December 11, 20242 min read5 Nifty Things We Learned about Pet Cats and Dogs in 2024Why do some Labrador retrievers overeat? Do cats and dogs dream like humans do? Is your cat actually obsessed with you? In 2024 we got...
Arctic tundra in SiberiaShutterstock / Andrei Stepanov The Arctic tundra now emits more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases than it absorbs. Rising temperatures due to climate change have shifted the ecosystem’s effect on the planet – it has moved...
More than just fossils show us how humans have evolved through timeIvan M / Alamy Stock Photo This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every...
With its Artemis program, NASA aims to return humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. And on the eve of a new presidential administration, agency officials have announced both a delay to the program’s...
December 10, 20243 min readHow the Santa Ana Winds Are Stoking the Malibu FireDry weather and an extreme Santa Ana wind event have contributed to the explosive growth of the Franklin Fire in Malibu, Calif.By Andrea ThompsonA firefighter pulls a...
An atom interferometer can make ultra-precise measurements of gravityRAL Space/IQO Hannover Extremely cold atoms have been used to measure gravity more precisely than we thought possible, beating a limit that stems from quantum weirdness. This record-beating measurement was made using...
