Taiwanese students are turning discarded oyster shells and coral waste into 3D-printed structures for damaged reefs |
A group of students in Taiwan has found a way to give discarded shellfish waste a second life beneath the …
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World’s last known wild Chilean tree daisy gets a lifeline as conservationists use ropes to support its only survivor and two seedlings arrive at a Scottish garden |
A rare tree daisy from Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island is receiving a new lifeline after two seedlings arrived at Logan …
‘Heartbreaking and extremely rare’: Mother humpback whale carries stillborn calf through the ocean; scientists explain the unusual behaviour
A mother humpback whale was filmed repeatedly returning to her stillborn calf off Australia’s Gold Coast, displaying prolonged attention toward …
Scientists turned discarded fish scales into flexible biodegradable plastic film that breaks down in soil within 8 weeks |
Scientists have turned discarded fish scales into a plastic-like material that can break down naturally in soil, Cyclo. Plas 2, …
Scientists solve mystery of black hole ‘burps’; new study reveals when these cosmic objects launch powerful jets after eating stars |
Image: European Space Agency When a star strays too close to a supermassive black hole, gravity can tear the star …
Iberian lynx fell to just 62 mature animals in 2001; conservation has helped push its population above 2,000 |
For much of the 20th century, the Iberian lynx was disappearing from the Spanish landscape. By 2001, only 62 mature …
Researchers turned waste eggshells into powder and replaced 10% of cement, producing stronger mortar after 28 days |
Researchers have found that waste eggshells can be processed into a fine powder and used to replace part of the …
In 1992, scientists moved 30 pregnant skinks to a New Zealand island; years later, their population showed a genetic surprise |
Egg-laying Skink (Oligosoma suteri) in New Zealand. Image Credit: Wikipedia A conservation effort in New Zealand took a surprising turn …
Quote of the day by Max Planck: “An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a…” |
Planck in 1918, the year he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum theory (Image: …
Scientists used 2,430 fake caterpillars to study predators, but animals attacked even shapes that looked nothing like prey |
Representative Image of diverse plasticine models resembling prey, under scrutiny by researchers assessing animal interactions (AI Generated Image) For years, …