Science Update

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers caution that over the next 50 years, climate and land use change will lead to new encounters between mammals, increasing the risk of viruses…

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According to a new study, climate change over two million years, affected by Earth’s movement and other planetary conditions, could have played a crucial role in carving out the route early humans…

Some species of small spiders such as arachnids and erigone have the ability called ballooning1 that allows them to fly and even control the direction they move in. They weave silk threads that…

In 2018, the last male northern white rhino, Sudan, bid adieu to the world leaving behind just two females too old to take forward the species.  The scientists at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are…

By the end of the six Apollo missions that took place from 1969-72, astronauts brought back a total of 842 pounds of rocks and dust from the moon. Of the 2,200 samples, NASA scientists started…

A group of scientists investigated how ants can locate their anthills after travelling long distances in search of food. Using path integration, ants can locate a point just by knowing the…

A team of researchers recently published a study1 that classifies 7,414 vocal expressions from 400 pigs, using AI, into positive and negative…

An analysis of more than 37,000 articles reveals that authors from low-income countries opt to publish in paywalled journals over open access journals. Rafael Zenni, ecologist, Federal University…

Just over a year ago, the UK government and the European (EU)Commission finalized a long-awaited trade dealthat crystalized UK’s status in EU…