[ad_1] By Ibrahim Sawal Over 1.5 million lesser snow geese gather on the soda flats of Lake Natron in northern TanzaniaSilverback Films A Perfect PlanetBBC 1From 3 January 2021 Cryogenic frogs and blood-sucking finches are among the many remarkable animals to star in David Attenborough’s latest series, A Perfect Planet, which examines what made Earth […]
[ad_1] By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Lines of ambulances and a steady stream of patients arriving at the Royal London Hospital, UKMark Thomas/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 14 January Record number […]
[ad_1] By Gitonga Njeru Northern white rhino Fatu (right) and southern white rhino Tauwo (left) with a caretaker in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in KenyaDAI KUROKAWA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The northern white rhino may be able to avoid extinction for a while longer. Fertilised eggs are set to be implanted in the two remaining rhinos this year in the […]
[ad_1] By Donna Lu Mediterranean seagrass traps plastic particles in its leavesJordi Regàs Underwater seagrass may be naturally trapping millions of pieces of marine plastic and removing them from the sea. Posidonia oceanica, a seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean, forms lush meadows on the sea floor in coastal waters up to 40 metres deep. When […]
[ad_1] We have been in many last chance saloons with climate change, but there are now reasons to believe we might finally go out and take action, writes Graham Lawton Environment | Comment 13 January 2021 By Graham Lawton Clemens Bilan/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock ONE temptation that is hard to resist when writing about the environment is the […]
[ad_1] Making changes to genes with CRISPR has the potential to cure diseases and feed the world, if we can learn to control it. Now it looks like viruses hold the solution Technology 13 January 2021 By Gege Li THERE is a technology that could tackle some of life’s most pressing problems, from disease to […]
[ad_1] Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more 13 January 2021 The last word (again) Many thanks to those who wrote in response to our division of the world into magazine-forwards and (Feedback’s favoured) magazine-backwards readers (19/26 December 2020). Robin Shipp confesses to taking things even further, […]
[ad_1] By Joshua Rapp Learn How do longfin inshore squid cope with noisy seas?Jeff Rotman/Alamy The noisy construction of offshore wind turbines can discourage squid from hunting, which could lead to decreased squid populations and potentially decrease profits at fisheries. Securing offshore wind turbines to the seabed involves a drilling technique called pile-driving that causes […]
[ad_1] In Second Spring, an archaeologist who has developed a lesser-known form of dementia that alters her personality, unmasks her new life – to the dismay of friends and family Health 13 January 2021 By Francesca Steele Kathy (Cathy Naden) and her husband Tim (Matthew Jure)Neat Film Second Spring Andy Kelleher Digital release in February […]
[ad_1] By Jonathan O’Callaghan An artist’s representation of the surface of a hypothetical planet in orbit around the star Tau CetiCHRIS BUTLER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A star like our sun just 12 light years away might host a rocky world in its habitable zone where conditions allow for liquid water. Researchers Jeremy Dietrich and Dániel Apai […]