Novel school improvement program can raise teaching quality while reducing inequality

A multi-national European study, looking at over 5,500 students, has found that a novel school intervention…

Mass starvation of reindeer linked to climate change and habitat loss

Reindeer are incredibly hardy creatures—they survived the last Ice Age and today live in some of…

Bullet shape, velocity determine blood spatter patterns

Blood spatters are hydrodynamic signatures of violent crimes, often revealing when an event occurred and where…

Robot cameras reveal secret lives of basking sharks

An autonomous SharkCam has been used in the UK for the first time to observe the…

Expert warns of climate change aggravating land degradation

Land degradation is hindering progress towards the UN’s Sustainable Development goals, warns Professor Jane Rickson—as the…

Data tool helps decipher mouse's calls

Technology that can help interpret inaudible calls from laboratory mice has been developed in a bid…

Simulations demonstrate ion heating by plasma oscillations for fusion energy

A research team of fusion scientists succeeded in proving that ions can be heated by plasma…

Houseplants ability to survive drought can provide useful knowledge for the climate change era

Researchers from the Natural History Museum of Denmark and the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences…

Breaking the cycle between family violence and homelessness

Women who become homeless as a result of family and domestic violence are also facing legal…

Image: Washington state suffers from Williams Flats Fire caused by lightning

Washington state endured a band of early morning thunderstorms near the Colville Indian Reservation west of…