The robotic arm at different stages of activationWei et al An origami-inspired robot arm made with material from cotton plants…
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All animals live in or seek a set of climate conditions they find tolerable. This “climate envelope” partially determines where…
Name: Mount Kaputar pink slug (Triboniophorus sp. nov. ‘Kaputar’ or Triboniophorus aff. graeffei)Where it lives: Mount Kaputar, New South Wales,…
Artist’s illustration of the large-scale structure of the universeScience Photo Library/Alamy Astronomers have found the largest known structure in the…
Credit: Pexels/Martin Damboldt Heavy metals naturally occur in the Earth’s crust, but human activities can increase their concentration in the…
A second type of bird flu has been detected among dairy cows in the United States, the U.S. Department of…
Koalas are usually regarded as solitary animals, but new footage is revealing a more gregarious side. Darcy Watchorn at Deakin University,…
Schematic representation of mRNA expression, T-cell immune activation, and neutralizing antibody formation induced by polymers synthesized from various monomers. Credit:…
There are hundreds of thousands of meteorites hidden beneath Antarctica’s icy surface, some of which are slowly sinking out of…
Air pollution can have a cooling effect on the climateCheunghyo/Getty Images James Hansen, the climate scientist best known for alerting…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Boeing executive Mark Nappi had been the face of the company’s Starliner program during its beleaguered…
Greek authorities have closed schools and deployed emergency crews as a swarm of earthquakes intensifies near the volcanic island of…
Rat sightings are on the rise in New York CityFatih Aktas/Anadolu/Getty Images It has long been predicted that many pest…
Left: sandstone fragment engraved with a runic inscription (credit: George Alexis Pantos). Right: drawing of the stone, making the runes…
Modern computers are a triumph of technology. A single computer chip contains billions of nanometre-scaled transistors that operate extremely reliably…
The translucent toes of a wandering salamanderWilliam P. Goldenberg How salamanders manage to move around on uneven, vertical tree surfaces…
The new fungus Gibellula attenboroughii on the orb-weaving cave spider. Credit: CABI This week, astronomers reported the discovery of a…
Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work — such as self-driving vehicles,…
Some people can wiggle their ears using ancient musclesShutterstock A “useless” muscle that allows some people to wiggle their ears…
In their paper published in Plants, People, Planet, ASADA Airi and her team report that grasslands on young lava flows…
Scientists say there is a high chance that key Atlantic Ocean currents will weaken over the coming decades due to…
Particles of light helped test a quantum paradoxArlume/Alamy Researchers created particles of light that effectively exist in 37 dimensions at…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Florida orange growers are bracing for yet another record-low harvest as climate challenges and diseased trees…
Scientists in China have unveiled a new method for breeding baby mice with two male parents, and the resulting babies…
High sea temperatures contributed to stormy weather in California in late 2023Kevin Carter/Getty Images The surge in ocean temperatures to…
Wajarri artist, Judith Anaru, painted a fast radio burst as part of a series commissioned by CSIRO to celebrate the…
Archaeologists excavating in Ecuador have discovered the rich burial of a pregnant woman and fetus who died around 1,200 years…
Coal power plants contribute to global warmingWalaiporn Sangkeaw Current policies of governments around the world are likely to result in…
by Mathew Marques, Niels Mede, Viktoria Cologna and Zoe Leviston, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Public trust in scientists…
Almost two centuries after the first Neanderthal was discovered, we are still learning a great deal about our ancient relatives.…