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Bateleur decreased by 87% in 3 generationsAndre Botha Dozens of African raptor species are in sharp decline, and many are now considered at risk of extinction,…

Burning buildings, collapsing tunnels, sinking ships… wherever you're trapped and in danger, there's a robot designed to come to your rescue. Here are nine of the…

Are hearing aids really worth the investment? Recent research suggests that they may be more beneficial than previously thought. In fact, a new study indicates that…

Oldest known evidence of photosynthetic structures identified in a collection of mysterious cylindrical microfossils Nabyfusa magensis It was discovered in the 1.75 billion year old McDermott…

Tyrannosaurus is one of the most intensively studied and best known dinosaurs. Nevertheless, their relationship and system are highly controversial. The ongoing discussion is Nanotyrannus lansensisinterpreted…

The vast majority of the world's industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked. Three-quarters of the world's large fishing vessels and one-quarter of transport and energy…

Microscopic image of a modern cyanobacterium called OscillatoriaShutterstock / Ekki Ilham Researchers have identified photosynthetic structures inside a 1.75 billion-year-old cyanobacteria fossil. This discovery is the…

Chinese researchers have mapped the entire genome. chiridotaheheva a type of sea cucumber collected at a depth of 2,428 m during a submarine trip to a…

Iceland is one of the most boring countries in the world. That’s a compliment, not an insult. The island nation is dotted with thousands of boreholes…

Quadrantid meteor shower “Fireball” in Tres Piedras, New Mexico, January 2020Mike Lewinsky CC BY 2.0 DEED The first major meteor shower of the year will begin…

Illustration of Nanotyrannus fighting a young Tyrannosaurus Rexraul martin tyrannosaurus rex After all, it may not have been the only large carnivore that ruled North America…

Infected wounds pose a significant mortality risk to animals. Injuries are common in Matabeleari (Megaponera analis), raiding warlike prey. New research shows that these predatory ants…

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of small polycotyledonous plesiosaur from two specimens discovered in the US states of Wyoming and South Dakota. rebuilding…

A giant naked figure called Sarn Giant It was carved into the Dorset hillside not in prehistory or early modern times, as many think, but in…

The Great Lakes, known for ice fishing and winter's frozen waves, rang out a nearly bare New Year's bell. Less than 0.4% of ice covered the…

This image of Io was taken by the Juno spacecraft.NASA/SwRI/MSSS Thanks to NASA's Juno spacecraft, which passed the moon on December 30, we had the closest…

The classical understanding of brain organization is that the brain's perceptual areas represent the world 'as it is', and the brain's visual cortex represents the external…

The blue and pink areas indicate vast habitable areas that were once connected to northwestern Australia, but are now underwater.Kasi Norman As many as 500,000 people…

Alastair Reynolds and Esmee Zikiemi-Pearson are two authors who set their novels in space in January this year.alamy stock photo There won’t be a lot of…

Hera will soon head to the asteroid Dimorphos with CubeSats ESA/Science Directorate The European Space Agency (ESA) is sending a mission to find out what happened…

New infrared images taken with wide field camera 3 (WFC3) onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows dozens of galaxies in the constellation Cetus, including SDSS…

The August drought in Villanueva, Spain was one of the most common extreme weather events in 2023. Ander Girenea/AFP via Getty Images Last year was the…

As we end 2023, what does 2024 have in store for us? As a wise person new scientist As our readers know, the division of time…

If 2023 is any indication, 2024 is poised to be a year of breakthroughs across all areas of science. From cutting-edge advances in artificial intelligence to…

Bride, groom and wedding guests watching solar eclipse in Mexico Martin Zetina/AP/Alamy On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will be visible in North America…

NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/Gregory M. M. Weigand NASA’s European Clipper mission will launch in October 2024 and head to Jupiter’s moon Europa, where it will search…

After years of extremely precise experiments, a group of researchers at CERN finally succeeded in creating and carefully capturing a sample of antihydrogen (the antimatter version…

Ever wanted to visit another world? Mars, one of our closest celestial neighbors, is an astonishing 225 million kilometers from Earth, a distance that would take…

New research suggests that scientists may now be able to predict which organs will fail first, providing an opportunity for doctors to target aging organs earlier,…

There are all sorts of fancy tools and expensive equipment that can dramatically improve the taste of your coffee, but now scientists have discovered a new…

Our health care system has fundamental flaws that are negatively impacting women. Systemic gaps and biases have led to women’s pain being less understood and therefore…

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture As the busiest year in the history of artificial intelligence (AI) comes to a close, Professor Mike Wooldridge is preparing to deliver…

What is the strongest animal in the world? This is an important question, especially if you are moving and can’t afford to hire movers. But suppose…

Work-related stress can sometimes lead to a condition called burnout, resulting in noticeable symptoms and chronic exhaustion. For help understanding burnout, listening to a podcast episode…

In 1957, the first man-made object was successfully launched into space and into orbit around the Earth. This was Sputnik 1, a beautifully simple Soviet spherical…

When you open a new website, do you choose to either accept or reject all cookies? New research suggests that choosing to reject cookies may actually…

Pigs are charismatic and intelligent animals, but this piglet prefers ginger biscuits. The red river hog, also known as the “dwarf pig”, is a wild swine…

There is a small chance that Earth could come into contact with a stream of debris from Comet 46P/Wiltanen between December 10th and 12th, coinciding with…

It’s that time again. The clocks have turned back and many of us are reaching for SAD lamps, vitamin D supplements, and carb-heavy one-pots to get…

Unlike last year, when a nearly full moon marred the meteor shower, tonight's Geminid meteor shower in 2023 will be spectacular. The Geminid meteor shower peaks…