Bear news, features and articles
There are eight species of bear living around the world today, and many more in the fossil record. "Prehistoric" mummified bears have even...
Research uses lasers to detect landmines, underground objects
Enough landmines are buried underground worldwide to circle Earth twice at the equator, but the identification and removal of these explosives is costly...
Trees cool better than reflective roofs in vulnerable Houston neighborhoods
As heatwaves become more intense, cities are looking for strategies that can help keep neighborhoods cooler. A new tool developed by researchers at...
Revolutionary high-speed 3D bioprinter hailed a game changer for drug discovery
Biomedical engineers from the University of Melbourne have invented a 3D printing system, or bioprinter, capable of fabricating structures that closely mimic the...
The reasons flowers wilt could explain how plants spend (and save) their energy
A study in the journal Plant Biology by researchers from Macquarie University and international collaborators has shown for the first time, that plants...
Indigenous cultural burning has protected Australia’s landscape for millennia, study finds
Ancient cultural burning practices carried out by Indigenous Australians limited fuel availability and prevented high intensity fires in southeastern Australia for thousands of...
Researchers challenge longstanding theories in cellular reprogramming
A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has discovered that a group of cells located in the skin and other...
Land mammal news, features and articles
Our lands are laden with mammals of all shapes and sizes, from the smallest shrews and moles to ginormous hippos and elephants. Live...
Using mathematics to better understand cause and effect
Cause and effect. We understand this concept from an early age. Tug on a pull toy's string, and the toy follows. Naturally, things...
NASA’s Hubble, Webb probe surprisingly smooth disk around Vega
In the 1997 movie "Contact," adapted from Carl Sagan's 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by actor Jodi Foster) takes...
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By Jarrett Renshaw, Lucinda Elliott, Eduardo Baptista and Trevor Hunnicutt LIMA (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed to work with...
South Africa police blockade on illegal miners lifted
ReutersA South African court has ordered that a police blockade of a disused goldmine, in which hundreds of people are located illegally, be...
