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Iceland’s recent volcanic eruptions driven by pooling magma are set to last...
To experience a volcanic eruption is to witness nature’s raw power. If you would like to see one for yourself, Iceland is a great location for it. Since 2021, seven eruptions have taken place along...
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How a futuristic material is able to change its properties from soft to...
In our everyday life, we are surrounded by objects that have properties enabling them to perform certain functions. Rigidity and softness enable an object to perform a specific function. These...
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Japan sees hottest July since records began
Japan sweltered through its hottest July since records began 126 years ago, the weather agency said, as extreme heatwaves fuelled by climate change engulfed many parts of the globe.Temperatures in the...
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How the last meal of a 3,000-year-old crocodile was brought back to life...
What do you think of when you think about ancient Egyptian mummies? Perhaps your mind takes you back to a school trip to the museum, when you came face to face with a mummified person inside a glass...
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Colombia, Guatemala learn from each other in rainforest preservation
In the lush jungle of northern Guatemala -- in the largest protected area in Central America -- 30 leaders from Colombia's Amazon basin region are swapping strategies with local ethnic Maya farmers on...
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Gulf ‘dead zone’ is larger than average this year, the size of New Jersey
This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705...
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UK beekeepers and scientists tackle sticky problem of honey fraud
Lynne Ingram cuts a peaceful figure as she tends to a row of humming beehives in a leafy corner of Somerset, southwest England.But the master beekeeper, who has been keeping hives for more than 40...
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How can there be ice on the Moon?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. I have a question about ice on the Moon. How is...
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AIs encode language like brains do − opening a window on human conversations
Language enables people to transmit thoughts to each other because each person’s brain responds similarly to the meaning of words. In our newly published research, my colleagues and I developed a...
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What happens in an autopsy? A forensics expert explains
Sometimes it’s unclear how or why a person died. A detailed examination of the body after death, known as an autopsy or postmortem, can help find answers. Despite what you may have seen on TV crime...
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Social media algorithms are shrouded in secrecy. We’re trying to change that
Over the past 20 years, social media has transformed how we communicate, share information and form social connections. A federal parliamentary committee is currently trying to come to grips with...
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Brain implants to restore sight, like Neuralink’s Blindsight, face a...
Elon Musk recently pronounced that the next Neuralink project will be a “Blindsight” cortical implant to restore vision: “Resolution will be low at first, like early Nintendo graphics, but ultimately...
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After AI, quantum computing eyes its 'Sputnik' moment
Quantum computing promises society-changing breakthroughs in drug development and tackling climate change, and on an unassuming English high street, the race to unleash the latest tech revolution is...
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Why we get less narcissistic with age
There’s a perception that today’s youth are extremely narcissistic – fame-obsessed, selfish and vain. In fact, studies show this is a common view of young people, regardless of the times we live in....
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Elon Musk’s Tesla is promising to sell a humanoid robot. It could be the...
Elon Musk’s recent announcement on Twitter that “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year” suggests that robots that have physical human-like...
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Would you trust an ant to amputate your limb? Science is showing they are...
An insect bites off another insect’s leg. Is this predatory behavior, aggression, defense, competition or something else? In the case of carpenter ants, it’s for the good of the amputee and to the...
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Could awake kidney transplants become the norm?
"I saw everything," says 74-year-old Harry Stackhouse from Illinois, who was awake during his recent kidney transplant. He felt no pain as he chatted with doctors, examined the donor organ, and...
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2024 'increasingly likely' to be warmest on record: EU monitor
It is "increasingly likely" 2024 will be the hottest year on record, despite July ending a 13-month streak of monthly temperature records, the EU's climate monitor said Thursday.The Copernicus Climate...
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NASA weighs SpaceX rescue for stranded Boeing Starliner crew
What was meant to be a weeklong trip to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first NASA astronauts to fly with Boeing could extend to eight months, with the agency considering bringing them...
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Flying's never been safer, says MIT study
Flying can be a nerve-wracking experience for many people -- but a new study out Thursday finds commercial air travel keeps getting safer, with the risk of death halving every decade.The fatality rate...
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