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Mowed down by cars, European hedgehog numbers shrinking
The Western European hedgehog -- the prickly, nocturnal critter people love to encounter in the garden -- is in decline, mowed down by cars as its shrinking habitat forces it to move ever closer to...
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Big guns descend on Cali for final push in UN biodiversity talks
Heads of state, ministers and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrive in Cali Tuesday hoping to add impetus to grinding talks on ways to save nature from human destruction.The 16th so-called...
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Going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole? Science says you’re one of these three types
If you’ve ever gone to look up a quick fact and just kept browsing from one article (or page, or video), to another, to another – then you know the feeling of “going down a rabbit hole”. This...
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Vampire bats – look beyond fangs and blood to see animal friendships, unique...
You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They’re gnarly creatures, often favorite subjects for...
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Three-person crew to blast off for China's Tiangong space station
China's only woman spaceflight engineer will be among a crew of three astronauts blasting off on a "dream" mission to the Tiangong space station in the early hours of Wednesday.The new Tiangong team...
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'Frightening': Over 1 in 3 of world's tree species face extinction
More than one-third of Earth's tree species are at risk of extinction, with logging, forest destruction for agriculture and urban development, and human-caused global heating most responsible for this...
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Alzheimer's patient 'relieved' at Quebec's assisted suicide policy shift
Sandra Demontigny was afraid of being a prisoner in her own body: a 45-year-old diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, she worried about losing control of her life and burdening those she loves for...
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Who should get paid for nature's sequenced genes?
Much of the vanilla that flavors our ice cream today is artificial, derived from the genetic signature of a plant that hundreds of years ago was known only to an Indigenous Mexican tribe.The plant's...
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'Words fail': WMO report finds CO2 accumulating at record levels
Climate-heating carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere more rapidly than at any time since humans evolved.That's just one of the alarming findings from the World Meteorological...
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Tuberculosis cases hit record high: WHO
A record 8.2 million new tuberculosis cases were diagnosed worldwide last year, the World Health Organization said -- the highest number since it began global TB monitoring in 1995.The WHO said its...
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Americans own guns to protect themselves from psychological as well as...
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Tim Walz and JD Vance all have something in common. All four of them, along with an estimated 42% of American adults, have lived in a home with at least one gun.Gun...
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Simple science summaries written by AI help people understand research, trust...
Artificial intelligence-generated summaries of scientific papers make complex information more understandable for the public compared with human-written summaries, according to my recent paper...
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Forever chemicals are in our drinking water – here’s how to reduce them
News reports of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water have left people worried about the safety of tap and bottled water. But recent research has shown there are ways to significantly reduce...
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Deep sea rocks suggest oxygen can be made without photosynthesis
Oxygen, the molecule that supports intelligent life as we know it, is largely made by plants. Whether underwater or on land, they do this by photosynthesising carbon dioxide. However, a recent study...
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Not too big, not too small: why modern humans are the ideal size for speed
The fastest animal on land is the cheetah, capable of reaching top speeds of 104 kilometres per hour. In the water, the fastest animals are yellowfin tuna and wahoo, which can reach speeds of 75 and...
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How to overcome your device dependency and manage a successful digital detox
Life in the digital world can be rewarding. It’s convenient to order groceries for pickup, share photographs or music, and keep in touch with family and friends, no matter the distance. However, it...
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You’re not that good at detecting fake videos – Two misinformation experts...
Someone following the 2024 presidential election could have seen the following two videos on social media. One shows a man holding a bin full of mail-in ballots entering a building. The other, from...
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World's first wooden satellite launched into space
The world's first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station.Scientists at Kyoto...
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It all started with a Big Bang – the quest to unravel mystery behind birth of...
How did everything begin? It’s a question that humans have pondered for thousands of years. Over the last century or so, science has homed in on an answer: the Big Bang.This describes how the Universe...
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Carl Sagan’s scientific legacy extends far beyond ‘Cosmos’
On Nov. 9, 2024, the world will mark Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday – but sadly without Sagan, who died in 1996 at the age of 62. Most people remember him as the co-creator and host of the 1980 “Cosmos”...
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