âSpace hurricanesâ churn at both of Earthâs magnetic poles
When the lines reconnect, they roil ionized gas in the ionosphere, driving flows of electric current upward, the team suggests.
Floating whale carcasses are a problem â can we predict their drift?
After the satellite data was collected, the team used a search-and-rescue computer model to see what paths it simulated for various objects that resembled the profile of a dead whale, including a skiff, a life raft and a small vessel called a panga, based on the same location and weather conditions.
How doctors can help demystify birth control amid online confusion
Centering the patient during contraceptive counseling means validating and exploring their concerns and talking about âwhat you can do to support them in a treatment plan that feels good to them,â says Andrea Hoopes, an adolescent medicine physician-researcher at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle.
Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in Australia
Pfautsch, who is a professor of urban planning and management at Western Sydney University, also expressed concern about the project's reliance on public donations to keep afloat: "Continued state and federal government funding is critical to secure the growth of the trees," he said.
Artificial flavours released by cooking aim to improve lab-grown meat
Johannes le Coutre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, says he is sceptical of the work for numerous reasons, including that the flavour tests predominantly used an electronic nose to assess the chemicals being released, rather than human judgement of whether they smelled appetising.
Making roofs white or reflective is the best way to keep a city cool
A 2023 report by the Greater London Authority suggested that cool roofs may become an increasing policy focus for city officials as summer temperatures rise under climate change.
More than 100 shark species may face major population declines by 2100
Noémie Coulon at the French National Museum of Natural History subjected catshark eggs to various ocean conditions, including monthly temperature changes, in tanks in the lab.
This 3-D printer can fit in the palm of your hand
A new 3-D printer thatâs mere millimeters in size could offer a new way to produce customizable objects, scientists report June 6 in Light: Science & Applications.
Britain saw centuries of economic growth under Roman rule
The researchers think that this growth was driven by factors such as the roads and ports built by the Romans, the laws they introduced making trading safer, and their technologies, such as more advanced grain mills and better breeds of animals for ploughing.
Giant salamander-like predator roamed Namibia 280 million years ago
Claudia Marsicano at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and her colleagues have now described these fossils in detail, naming the species Gaiasia jennyae after the Gai-As formation in Namibia and the palaeontologist Jennifer Clack.
Scientists Say: Excitation
nitrogen: A colorless, odorless and nonreactive gaseous element that forms about 78 percent of Earth's atmosphere.
Rare, mystery blasts from sun can devastate the ozone layer and spike radiation levels on Earth
His research is characterised by multi-disciplinary approaches combining information from areas such as climate change, geology, archaeology, microbiology, and anthropology to generate novel methods to study evolution, population genetics, medical science and conservation.