The Atlantic cod is one of the most important commercial fish species in the world. Recent…
20-million-year-old tusked sea cow is Central America’s oldest marine mammal
A researcher searching the shoreline of the Panama Canal for fossil plants instead found an ancient…
The global impact of coal power
With data and modelling from almost 8,000 coal power plants, researchers present the most comprehensive global…
Forest fires as an opportunity for ecosystem recovery
It is estimated that globally there are more than two million hectares of land in need…
Neanderthals’ main food source was definitely meat
Researchers describe two late Neanderthals with exceptionally high nitrogen isotope ratios, which would traditionally be interpreted…
Total synthesis of marine antitumor agents trabectedin and lurbinectedin
With its vast numbers of different lifeforms, the sea is a largely unexplored source of natural…
Confirming a source of the process behind auroras and the formation of stars
Feature describes the first fully kinetic model of plasma particles showing that fast reconnection can indeed…
Catch me if you can: Study reveals disguises are surprisingly effective
Disguises reduced the ability of participants to match faces by around 30 percent, even when they…
Natural resources valued differently by men and woman
Men and women value, access and use resources from the natural environment in distinct and different…
Confirming a source of the process behind auroras and the formation of stars
Fast magnetic reconnection, the rapid convergence, separation and explosive snapping together of magnetic field lines, gives…