Spectacled longbill nestThe Trustees of the Natural History Museum/Jonathan Jackson These elaborate constructions are just some of the birds’ nests found at the Natural History Museum in Tring, UK, one of the oldest and largest ornithological collections in the world,...
N.K. JemisinLaura Hanifin There’s power in threes. The rule of three, we call it in the writing world: repeat a word or phrase or plot element three times in order to give it meaning. Two repetitions isn’t enough to establish...
“There’s no moon, but we can see very well. The sky is full of stars.” The Milky Way in the Atacama desertAlamy Stock Photo Chapter One All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only...
Potato fibres can be made into soft balls that resemble cottonFibe Fabric made from waste potato plants could offer a more sustainable alternative to pure cotton, as pressure grows on the fashion industry to reduce its environmental impact. Potatoes pose...
Bhumi and Belle, a mother-daughter pair of marmosetsDavid Omer Lab Marmosets use unique calls for other monkeys in their family groups, similar to how humans call each other by name. They are the first non-human primates known to do so....
Polyethylene plastic bags are challenging to recycleRobert Sanders/UC Berkeley Plastic bottles and bags can be vaporised into chemical building blocks and turned into new plastics with all the properties of virgin material. There are hurdles still to overcome, but the...
I am one of millions of vapers in the UK, but growing evidence of the impact these e-cigarettes have on the environment means it may be time to quit, says Graham Lawton Source link...
Composite image of a globular springtail jumpingAdrian Smith High-speed cameras have captured in vivid detail how springtails flip themselves into the air, showing that they spin faster than any animal ever recorded. Springtails, a type of arthropod in a group...
The cargo sailing ship Anemos is crossing the Atlantic OceanRonan Gladu/TOWT The world’s largest sailing cargo ship is making its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. It left a port in France in early August, aiming to deliver 1000 tonnes...
The number pi (π) appears in the most unlikely places. It can be found in circles, of course—as well as in pendulums, springs and river bends. This everyday number is linked to transcendental mysteries. It has inspired Shakespearean thought puzzles,...
