Predicting calving problems before insemination

A small percentage of cows will experience problems when calving and breeders would like to know…

Successful hypothermia in nonhuman primate paves the way for future application in human torpor during spaceflight

Hibernation is a state adopted by certain mammals as an adaptation to adverse winter conditions. Typical…

Advances in understanding the quark substructure of scalars

At this stage in the evolution of the universe (about 14 billion years after the big…

Ten times this year the Webb telescope blew us away with new images of our stunning universe

It is no exaggeration to say the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a new era…

Cats in the middle ages: What medieval manuscripts teach us about our ancestors' pets

Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft…

Scientists investigate potential regolith origin on Uranus' moon Miranda

In a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal, a pair of researchers led by…

Humans have been using bear skins for at least 300,000 years, suggests study

Humans have been using bear skins to protect themselves from cold weather for at least 300,000…

sPHENIX assembly update: Magnet mapped, detectors prepared

Physicists, engineers, and technicians at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are rounding…

Antarctica's emperor penguins could be extinct by 2100. And other species may follow if we don't act

Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and the populations of up to 97%…

The lie of 'nobody's water' prevails in Australia: Indigenous water reserves are not enough to deliver justice

When the British colonized Australia they assumed terra nullius, “nobody’s land,” and aqua nullius, “nobody’s water.”…