Axolotls appear to age very little over their lifetimesSeaTops / Alamy Ever wished you could hit the pause button on ageing? At least one creature may do just that. Axolotls seem to halt one of the hallmarks of the process...
September 24, 20245 min readHow Does Sharing a Nobel Prize Work?Joint Nobel laureates aren’t necessarily direct scientific collaborators, and the prize money isn’t always split evenlyBy Jen Christiansen Most scientists can never receive a Nobel Prize, arguably the most prestigious...
Conventional high-voltage transmission lines lose a portion of the electric energy as heatLimbofu/Shutterstock The following is an extract from our climate newsletter Fix the Planet. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month. Last year, researchers in South...
September 24, 20245 min readStunning Bird Photographs Showcase Incredible Views of Life on the WingQuirky perspectives, separated lovebirds and a tobogganing penguin star in 2024 winners of the world’s largest bird photography competitionBy Zane WolfDuring a late return to their...
September 24, 20245 min readDark Matter Could Be Hiding Out as Atom-Sized Black HolesThe universe’s hidden mass may be made of black holes, which could wobble the planets of the solar system when they pass byBy Clara Moskowitz This story...
A drawing by a child who took part in the animal pen pal schemeCourtesy of YAPS and Anne Gillespie Seriously ill children and teenagers appear to get emotional benefits from exchanging letters with cats and dogs affected by cancer. The...
A 22-metre-long drawing depicting a killer whale holding a knifeMasato Sakai Hundreds of ancient drawings depicting decapitated human heads and domesticated llamas have been discovered in the Peruvian desert with the help of artificial intelligence. Archaeologists have previously linked these...
Some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe began in a big bang – or, at least, that is what we think happened. Astrophysicist Jo Dunkley is at the forefront of efforts to work out exactly what took place in the...
A day octopus hunting with a blue goatfishEduardo Sampaio and Simon Gingins Octopuses are even more sophisticated than we thought. Despite generally being solitary animals, they can work with fish to find prey and recognise which team members aren’t helping....
Field trials indicate that pumping seawater onto the snow on top of Arctic sea ice can make the ice thicker, offering a possible way to preserve sea ice throughout the summer Source link...
