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Category: Science
Wild cockatoos make utensils out of tree branches to op...
In Indonesia, Goffin’s cockatoos have been seen whittling tools such as wedges and scoops that help them break into the pits of se...
Scorpions have strange joints that can simultaneously b...
Scorpions have unusual joints in their tails that can twist and bend at the same time, and this design could be used for flexible ...
Covid-19 news: WHO monitoring ‘mu’ variant in Colombia ...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Will PayPal's adoption of bitcoin make cryptocurrency m...
PayPal will now allow customers to buy and sell four cryptocurrencies, which could make it more useful for everyday life. Is this ...
Quantum nature of gravity may be detectable with gravit...
Perhaps the most important problem in physics is how gravity and quantum mechanics fit together, and strange fluctuations in gravi...
Digital archives meant to be permanent are being lost o...
An analysis of web archives of national libraries and public records offices found that some of the documents meant to be permanen...
Opioid levels in US wastewater spiked during the early ...
In the early months of the covid-19 pandemic, wastewater samples from Kentucky and Tennessee had a 72 per cent increase in hydroco...
The history of the Large Magellanic Cloud has been mapp...
Astronomers have mapped the history of one of the nearest galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud, in more detail than ever before, s...
How domesticating the African baobab tree could secure ...
Farmers seldom plant the African baobab because it takes up to 23 years to fruit, but a team in Ghana has got the trees to flower ...
Woman loses ability to feel hungry after stroke damages...
A young woman who lost the sensation of hunger after a stroke may help to explain one of the most mysterious areas of the brain an...
Covid-19 news: Blood clot risk higher after infection t...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Climate change linked to risk of viruses jumping specie...
Climate change may increase the risk of viruses infecting new hosts in the Arctic, suggests a study of genetic material from an Ar...