Meera Yadav gave birth to her first baby in 2013, when she was a 23-year-old living in a slum in…
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Inspection of the space simulator. One of the goals is to verify to within one millionth part of a circle…
Quantum information has been sent from one side of a simple quantum network to the other, passing through an intermediate…
Like humans, dolphins sometimes suffer from irritated skin. But instead of lathering on soothing lotion, Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)…
The research describes how microscopic crystals grow and change shape in molten metals as they cool. Credit: Maksim Gusev Scientists…
The left hand looks like the right hand in the mirror but the left-handed glove does not fit on the…
A manually operated WSU drone flies over a vineyard during tests for bird deterrence and fruit damage assessment. Credit: WSU…
Megalodon (Otodus megalodon), one of the largest sharks to have ever lived, mysteriously vanished from the fossil record about 3.6…
In the quest to build smart skin that mimics the sensing capabilities of natural skin, ionic skins have shown significant…
Ribbon weed, Posidonia australis, meadow in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Credit: Rachel Austin, University of Western Australia Australian researchers have…
Finding out how acidic or alkaline your soil is means you can select the right plants for it, and maximise…
An artist’s rendering of the JPSS-2 satellite, which will be renamed NOAA-21 once in orbit. Credit: NOAA NASA and the…
Silicon Valley media entrepreneurs might talk about free speech, but it is a fallacy that we should be able to…
Emily Schwing: This is Scientific American’s 60 Second Science. I’m Emily Schwing. Oil and water. Apples and oranges. Fire and…
Search intensity at the focal wind park during the 20-year study period between 2001 and 2021. (A) Daily numbers of…
CLIMATEWIRE | Europe’s plan to slash Russian fossil fuel imports and accelerate renewable energy production will test its ability to…
An exuberant and authoritative book puts wasps in their rightful place – at the centre of research, says Simon Ings…
The world has never had better medicine, more knowledgeable doctors or stronger data on disease. But these benefits are not…
The paleo diet is inspired by the eating habits of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, becoming a popular diet in recent years…
Studying mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a neural circuit and a neuropeptide…
Theoretical physics is full of weird and wonderful concepts: wormholes, quantum foam and multiverses, just to name a few. The…
Research supports what Darwin said in 1872 – dogs express emotions in a way recognisable to humans. Governments must do…
(a) Gestation lengths (days) and (b) proportion of sex-reversed male (XX male) Carinascincus ocellatus offspring for high-elevation (blue) and low-elevation…
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to…
With an enormous sperm whale to feast on, Svalbard polar bears gain access to more than just the bear necessities…
On a sweltering June day in 2021, Nicole, whose real name has been changed to protect her privacy, walked into…
Map of Italy indicating the Modena province and close up of Modena alta pianura and Apenine foothills with names of…
Some scientists insist that the cause of all things exists at the most fundamental level, even in systems as complex…
Ornette Made In America, USA, 1985. Courtesy of Barbican Centre. Visit Journeys across Afro-futurism traces Black futures through the medium…
The history books say the infamous plague pandemic of the 14th century killed at least half of the population of…