A teen in British Columbia recently became critically ill after becoming infected with H5N1. H5N1 is a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu. [...]
The government has announced a new plan to help improve schools: Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) teams. [...]
Traffic in Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, is congested and chaotic. About 1.8 million vehicles used Lagos roads in 2022. The city has 226 vehicles per kilometer. The global average is 11 cars per km and the Nigerian national average is 16. [...]
One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started. [...]
Astronomers have known for a century that the universe is expanding. We can now trace this expansion over much of its almost 14 billion year history, with important constraints going back to just one second after the Big Bang! The expansion rate today is known as the Hubble constant (H0). [...]
A pair of environmental physicists at the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, has built a 3D model of the world's oceans and their currents to learn more about the depths that ocean acidification has reached due to increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, Jens Müller and Nicolas Grube describe the factors that went into their model and what it showed them about ocean acidification around the globe. [...]
As Thanksgiving approaches, white sharks are still trying to have a feast of their own in the chilly waters. Shark researchers have seen a higher number of seals with shark bites along the Massachusetts South Shore this fall. [...]
If you visit a commercial mining operation anywhere in the world today, some sights and sounds—workers descending in elevators to underground shafts, the roar of truck engines—will be much the same as they have been for decades. [...]
A small team of physicists at the University of Amsterdam has demonstrated the ability of 3D-printed particles to propel themselves across the surface of a fluid, given the right fuel. The group has posted a paper describing their particles on the arXiv preprint server. [...]
Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbors some 1.5 million years ago. [...]
A Philippine Eagle chick hatched via artificial insemination has died, an avian conservation foundation has announced, in a fresh setback for one of the world's largest and most critically endangered raptors. [...]
Blazing flames light the sky as Indian farmer Ali Sher burns his fields to clear them for new crops, a common but illegal practice that is fueling deadly pollution killing millions. [...]
Delegates seeking the world's first deal to curb plastic pollution began openly advocating for an extension of talks on Sunday, accusing a handful of nations of obstructing an ambitious agreement. [...]
What on earth to do about all the plastic polluting the oceans, the food supply, even our bodies? [...]
A bright searchlight pierces the darkness as the 18-foot airboat glides across the Everglades, the beam igniting small sparkling shimmers in the ink-black water dotted with lily pads. [...]
Over the past few years, some researchers have been working on alternative energy storage systems that leverage the principles of quantum mechanics. These systems, known as quantum batteries, could be more efficient and compact than conventional battery technologies, while also achieving faster charging times. [...]
A Georgia mother was recently arrested for reckless endangerment after her 10-year-old son was seen walking outside alone. The warrant for her arrest claimed she "willingly and knowingly" endangered her son's safety. [...]
Situated at the junction between Africa and Asia, Gaza is a critical archaeological landscape. But the region's heritage is currently facing an unprecedented risk of loss. [...]
A team of molecular and physiology specialists at the Yale University School of Medicine has uncovered some of the hibernating secrets of thirteen-lined ground squirrels, and have partly explained how it manages to avoid thirst during its long winter layover. Their paper is published in the journal Science. [...]
As physicists continue their struggle to find and explain the origin of dark matter, the approximately 80% of the matter in the universe that we can't see and so far haven't been able to detect, researchers have now proposed a model where it is produced before the Big Bang. [...]
Time is vital to the functioning of our everyday lives: from the watches on our wrists to the GPS systems in our phones. Communication systems, power grids, and financial transactions all rely on precision timing. Seconds are the vital units of measurement in timekeeping. [...]
We all know dogs can struggle in warm weather, but what about when the temperature plummets, the wind whistles and snow falls? [...]
Perovskites, materials with a crystal structure that mirrors that of the mineral calcium titanate CaTiO₃, exhibit properties that are advantageous for developing various technologies. For instance, they have proved promising for designing photovoltaic (PV) systems and electronic devices. [...]
China National Silk Museum and the Sichuan Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology have confirmed the use of silk in sacrificial rituals by a Bronze Age civilization in the Yangtze River Basin. The findings provide direct archaeological evidence that silk was used as a material during rituals at the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan, China. [...]
Months after an alarmist review from NASA's Office of the Inspector General, hundreds of construction workers seem out to prove their critics wrong as progress picks up steam on the Artemis program's mobile launcher 2, the platform atop which future versions of the powerful Space Launch System rocket will launch. [...]
Teachers' jobs involve more than just teaching the required curriculum. A significant part of their role includes providing emotional support to their students [...]
Even deep clear water lakes, which are considered particularly valuable ecosystems, can show signs of eutrophication and algae growth—often for no apparent reason. [...]
The immune performance of wild capuchin monkeys declines when the animals experience higher temperatures, and younger monkeys seem to be particularly vulnerable to heat, according to a University of Michigan study. [...]
Borneo's nature is rich in unique plant life, which is central to the culture and survival of many of its people. This is revealed in a new biocultural database developed by researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), showing how plants are used for everything from medicine to boat building. With over 1,300 plant species documented, the goal is to highlight the connection between nature and culture and promote sustainable land use on the island. [...]
This year's humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) season in Australia has almost come to an end. The beloved mammals are on their way to Antarctica for a summer of feeding. Next year from April onwards, millions of people will again witness their movements and acrobatic displays—either from the coast or by joining one of the hundreds of whale-watch boat operators. [...]