Conflict between humans and wildlife in Tanzania is being poorly managed—and climate change is making things worse

Human-wildlife conflicts are a challenge for authorities in African countries where people live near protected areas.…

Team creates power generator that runs on natural atmospheric humidity

Scientists are looking for ways to use the low-value energy widely distributed in natural environments to…

Dinosaur track site in Lesotho: How a wrong turn led to an exciting find

I am a poor navigator. This is not an easy thing for a field geologist to…

Single drop of ethanol to revolutionize nanosensor manufacture

Macquarie University engineers have developed a new technique to make the manufacture of nanosensors far less…

New world record: Thinnest-ever pixel detector installed

The Belle II cooperation project at the Japanese research center KEK is helping researchers from all…

Scientists develop novel method to synthesize azide compounds for wider industrial applications

Azide compounds play a pivotal role for subsequent synthesis of organonitrogens such as amines and triazoles…

3D models to study the origin of Linya, the prehistoric woman who lived in the Pyrenean foothills

The 2023 excavation campaign has just finished at the Cova Gran rockshelter in Santa Linya (Lleida),…

China's Chang'e-7 will deploy a hopper that jumps into a crater in search of water ice

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese National Space Administration recently published a…

Cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands of years ago—here's how

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to go on safari in southern Africa. One…

20% of young people who forwarded nudes say they had permission—but only 8% gave it. Why the gap?

The sending and receiving of intimate images and videos is increasingly becoming a part of people’s…