Seahorses and shark fins are illegally trafficked. An AI tool could help stop this crime
Shark fins on a plane, seahorses in your bag and sea cucumbers in the post –…
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Marjane Satrapi’s masterpiece Persepolis transformed the world’s understanding of Iran
Satrapi finished her studies in France, where she settled, gaining French nationality in 2006. Last year,…
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Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction
This imagery came from the Landsat satellite “which is highly sensitive to canopy changes, and provides…
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Q&A with Claudia Pearson
We sat down with illustrator and textile designer Claudia Pearson to learn more about her eponymous…
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Climate change may shift hailstorms towards Earth’s poles – new study
Everyone has a storm story – whether it’s that time you just escaped a downpour, or…
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‘Utter disregard for the risk to human life’: Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over AI safety
The US state of Florida has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging the…
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Why has Gen Z stopped dating?
A recent study found that Gen Z is in a “depressed dating economy,” meaning people aren’t…
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Rare male red pipefish carrying eggs on its trunk spotted in Sydney
The red pipefish (Notiocampus ruber) is a rare relative of seahorses and seadragons found only in…
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Mosquitoes learn to link the smell of DEET with a blood meal – new study
Mosquito repellents are key to protect ourselves from mosquito bites and the pathogens they might carry….
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500-million-year-old fossil helps fill a strange gap in our record of life on Earth
Roughly 500 million years ago, a strange event in the evolution of life on Earth seems…
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Is this the moment Ukraine has been waiting for? | DW News
A new report claims the character of the war is shifting in favour of Ukraine, and…
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Whatever the mirror test tells us, beluga whales pass it
In hours of underwater video footage from a New York aquarium, a beluga whale named Natasha…
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Trump’s Bible Study Video EXPOSED!
Political commentator and comedy writer Erin Ryan and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa…
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How the Great Pyramid of Giza has survived 4,500 years of Egyptian earthquakes
The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt has survived more than 4,500 years. Earthquakes have repeatedly…
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Tiny fossils found in 1.7 billion-year-old mud yield clues to the evolution of complex life
Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are dozens of trays containing cylindrical cores…
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Rare 567-million-year-old fossils refine our understanding of early animal evolution
From butterflies to blue whales, corals and worms, Earth is home to an incredible diversity of…
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Does the flu vaccine give you the flu? 5 questions about the vaccine answered
This year, the flu vaccine delivered as a nasal spray (FluMist) became available in Australia. It’s…
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A key science publishing platform is cracking down on AI slop
The pre-print website arXiv has announced that researchers who put their names to papers which included…
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Nature is good for business – and we now have numbers to show it
Yet it’s one rarely itemised on any balance sheet, because nature’s contribution to business remains genuinely…
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The surprising role of a giraffe’s spots
Scientists spent 8 years tracking hundreds of giraffes in Tanzania and discovered a link between their…
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Intelligent people’s politics determined by their wallet — not their brain: scientists
For years, scientists have researched whether there is any connection between genetic intelligence and political preference,…
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Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals tens of thousands of years of Solar System’s past
When you think of outer space, you’re likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of…
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Instagram can now read all users’ private messages. Will this make kids safer or just boost ad targeting?
As of May 8 end-to-end encryption is no longer available on direct messages on Instagram. Meta,…
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Are box braids making us sick?
A recent study found that many brands of braiding hair and hair extensions contain chemicals that…
