Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

THE TRUTH ABOUT: 2 - Caught on Camera

Fantastic bees and where to find them: Study reveals ‘treasure map’ of thousands of undiscovered species

Scientists say it could take 30 to 45 years to discover all bee species

The Independent UK

Some of the oldest harpoons ever found reveal Indigenous people in Brazil were hunting whales 5,000 years ago

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.

LiveScience

Groundbreaking study could rewrite textbooks about how hair grows and spark new treatments

Advanced microscopy technique enables scientists to peer into follicles in real time

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Studies link some food preservatives to higher diabetes and cancer risk

Of 17 preservatives studied, higher consumption of 12 of them linked with increased risk of type 2 diabetes

The Guardian - UK

'This has re-written our understanding of Roman concrete manufacture': Abandoned Pompeii worksite reveal how self-healing concrete was made

The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete.

LiveScience

A 2,000-year-old building site reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete

Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It’s among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many structures built by the Romans still survive, in some form, thanks to their ingenious concrete and construction techniques.

The Conversation

This surprisingly simple way to hide hardware security keys in mainstream flash memory could pave the way for ultra-secure storage very soon

New security tech hides encryption keys in ordinary flash memory, promising ultra-secure storage without changing hardware.

TechRadar

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

After the smoke clears, a wildfire’s legacy can haunt rivers for years, putting drinking water at risk

Picture a wildfire raging across a forested mountainside. The smoke billows and the flames rise. An aircraft drops vibrant red flame retardant. It’s a dramatic, often dangerous scene. But the threat to water supplies is only just beginning.

The Conversation

Earth’s oldest impact crater was just found in Australia – exactly where geologists hoped it would be

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest known by more than a billion years. Our discovery is published today in Nature Communications.

The Conversation

9 of the most 'genetically isolated' human populations in the world

Geographical barriers and cultural differences can prevent people from mingling with their neighbors, leading to genetic isolation — and the phenomenon is more common than most people think.

LiveScience

Surging global tourism emissions are driven by just 20 countries – major new study

Surging global tourism emissions are driven almost entirely by 20 countries, and efforts to rein in the trend aren’t working.

The Conversation

We’ve bred corals to better tolerate lethal heatwaves, but rapid climate action is still needed to save reefs

Our research group has bred corals able to better survive marine heatwaves. Our work, now published in Nature Communications, shows that it is possible to improve coral heat tolerance even within a single generation.

The Conversation

Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows – here are three promising benefits

Plants can grow with much less light than previously thought, according to a new study on tiny water-based organisms called microalgae that has been published in Nature Communications. The German-led team of researchers lowered light sensors into Arctic water to a depth of 50 metres to test how low light…

The Conversation

New 3D printer ink makes recyclable electric circuits without heat or light

Researchers from the US and Korea have developed a new 3D printable ink that solidifies in salt water and is easily recyclable using just fresh water

Tom’s Hardware

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Tiny fossil arm bone sheds light on evolution of ancient Indonesian ‘hobbits’

We have discovered rare and very old human fossils on the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb bone. Our finds are reported in a new paper out today in Nature Communications.

The Conversation

Alaska’s top-heavy glaciers are approaching an irreversible tipping point

The melting of one of North America’s largest icefields has accelerated and could soon reach an irreversible tipping point. That’s the conclusion of new research colleagues and I have published on the Juneau Icefield, which straddles the Alaska-Canada border near the Alaskan capital of Juneau.

The Guardian - UK

Women may be more resilient than men to stresses of spaceflight, says study

US study suggests gene activity is more disrupted in men, and takes longer to return to normal once back on Earth

Bored Panda

New Studies Are Demonstrating How Actin Is Crucial For Creating Butterflies’ Colors

Actin participates in many important cellular processes and appears to also play a vital and direct role during structural color formation in butterfly scales. The post New Studies Are Demonstrating How Actin Is Crucial For Creating Butterflies’ Colors first appeared on Bored Panda.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Top News

Scientists Decode Sperm Whale Communication For Conservation Efforts

Discover the fascinating world of sperm whale communication and social behaviors through recent research in Dominica.

Space

Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future

Samples of asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, have revealed the impact solar winds and tiny space rocks have had on the asteroid itself.

LiveScience

Protein in human sweat may protect some people against Lyme disease

A mutant gene that produces proteins in sweat may raise some people's risk of Lyme disease, while the standard version of the gene may protect against infection.

LiveScience

Super-realistic prosthetic eyes made in record time with 3D printing

Scientists can now 3D print more-realistic prosthetic eyes in a fraction of the time and effort required by traditional approaches.

The Times of India

This 5-day diet plan that mimics fasting can reverse biological age as per research

A new study by the University of Southern California has found a new diet pattern that mimics fasting. And the biggest surprise is, it can lower biological age! The study has been published in Nature Communications. Let's learn about the fasting mimicking diet.

WEKU

'Like moths to a flame'? Here's what's going on with insects and porch lights

Those insects you see flying in crazed circles are trying to keep their backs towards the light because they think that direction is up, new research suggests.

Bored Panda

“Amazing” Video Of Plants Talking Has Social Media Reconsidering How They Thought About Life

You will think twice now before forgetting to water your plants. The post “Amazing” Video Of Plants Talking Has Social Media Reconsidering How They Thought About Life first appeared on Bored Panda.

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Australian Research Council

507 stories

BMJ

118 stories

Nature Communications

90 stories

The University of Southern California

64 stories

the University of Sheffield

47 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.