Soon, the sky’s most glamorous evening performer will take its leave. Since late March, Venus has been the unmistakable “Evening Star,” gleaming shortly after sunset and stealing attention from nearly…
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9,000-year-old copper workshop unearthed at ancient Çayönü settlement in Türkiye
Archaeologists excavating one of Southwest Asia’s most important Neolithic settlements have uncovered a 9,000-year-old workshop containing malachite, copper objects and evidence of organised production. A specialised production area dating back…
Scientists detect signals of hydrogen from billions of years ago. Could this help us map out the universe?
Astronomers have used the MeerKAT radio telescope to detect hydrogen gas billions of light-years away from us — from a period when the cosmos was billions of years younger than…
Was the ‘American cheetah’ a cheetah at all?
Tens of thousands of years ago, a long-legged cat nicknamed the “American cheetah” prowled North America. But an analysis of the cat family tree reveals this cheetah’s closest living relatives…
Israel’s bombing has left Gaza climate vulnerable
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza during the conflict that broke out in October 2023 has wrecked progress towards adapting the enclave to climate change and left two million Gazans vulnerable to…
Li Zhang | More than a fertilizer: How nitrogen changes coexistence between wheat and weeds – Functional Ecologists
In this blog post, author Li Zhang – a an Associate Professor at Nanjing Forestry University – discusses the paper “Nitrogen fertilization promotes wheat–weed coexistence through niche differentiation and fitness…
5,000-year-old necklace made from teeth discovered near Wrocław
Archaeologists excavating a prehistoric burial mound near Wrocław have discovered an extraordinary necklace made from 42 teeth alongside the skeleton of an adult man, stone weapons and human skull remains,…
‘Alien: Isolation 2’: Facing a ruthless and evolved Xenomorph in our Gamescom hands-on preview
It’s hard to downplay excitement for Alien: Isolation 2 after a first menacing teaser and promising early previews. Alien video games are in a good spot right now thanks to…
More support needed to power Africa’s food systems with renewables, experts say
As efforts to expand energy access across Africa grow, experts and policymakers have called this week for greater coordination and investment to power food production with renewables, arguing the sector…
AI skin cancer detection tools are getting better – but only for people with light skin
Imagine you’re getting out of the shower one morning and you notice a mole on your thigh that you’ve never seen before. It’s reddish brown, bumpy and surprisingly large. Is…
