Excavations at Mololo cave on the island of Waigeo, where ancient plant resin was foundTristan Russell (The Raja Ampat Archaeological Project) A tiny chunk of plant resin shows humans were living on an island in eastern Indonesia at least 55,000...
Newly hatched Maugean skatesJayson Semmens/University of Tasmania One of the world’s most endangered species of marine fish has been saved from extinction, thanks to researchers who captured wild specimens and helped them reproduce in captivity. The Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana)...
I’M WELL, thank you. Or at least I think I am. I have no major illness to speak of, I am of average weight and a recent knee scan showed my joints are sufficiently well oiled. My blood pressure is...
Farmers rely on ammonia as a fertiliser for cropsPattie Calfy/Getty Images An environmentally friendly technique turns wastewater into ammonia and harmless by-products using a multi-chambered chemical reactor. The sustainable alternative requires much less energy than the conventional method for producing...
Cattle farming produces large amounts of greenhouse gasesAlan Hopps/Getty Images With the world’s population growing, the only way to reduce the enormous greenhouse gas emissions from farming is to make food production ever more efficient. Unfortunately, efficiency gains have stalled...
Keep track of how many illnesses you have each year to get to grips with your immune healthVicki Turner WHEN you are under the covers, sniffling from your third cold of the year, you might wonder whether your immune system...
According to Thomas Hobbes, one of history’s most famous cynics, life is “nasty, brutish, and short”. But according to Jamil Zaki, director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory in California, this is, ironically, more likely to be true if you...
All living creatures use only the left or right-handed forms of certain molecules, and now we might understand why Source link...
August 12, 20245 min readCancer Rates Are Rising in Young People. Here’s What You Need to KnowDo you think you are too young to get screened for cancer? Think again. It might save your lifeBy Karen E. Knudsen & Othman...
August 12, 20243 min readWest Nile Cases Are Rising. Here’s How to Protect YourselfWest Nile is the most common mosquito-borne disease in the U.S. Here’s what to know about the infectionBy Meghan Bartels West Nile disease starts with a mosquito...
