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Finally some good news: everything indicates that the fin whale is getting back on track

For the first time since the whaling ban, large groups of fin whales have been spotted around Antarctica. “I had never seen so many...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Biosynthesis of strychnine elucidated

Strychnine is produced by the emetic nut (Strychnos nux vomica). © channarongsds/ iStock ...
Ashton Edwards -
Astronomy

Newly discovered, hefty space rock is coming closer than the moon today

The nearer will pass our planet at 'only' 89,000 kilometers. Only a few days ago, space rock 2022 NF came into the crosshairs of...
Charlie Elliott -
History & Archaeology

THEN Podcast Episode 52 – The Biafra War

Tribal conflicts, massacres, military coups and the struggle for newly discovered oil...
Alan Cannon -
Health & Medicine

Should we store our poop in a ‘poo bank’ for later use?

Freezing your poop for later: at first it seems like a bizarre idea. But in the second instance it might sound like...
Dr. Hayden Miller -
Astronomy

In space, your bones can age ten years in six months (but you can do something about it)

A trip to space is no fun for your body. In fact, even extremely fit astronauts have weakened bones long after return....
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world

In addition, the researchers discovered two huge peaks over a period of fifty years; something that has been overlooked by most climate...
Charlie Elliott -
Biology

Whale songs overheard via fiber optic cable

Humpback whales in the ocean. © lindsay_imagery/ iStock Until now, if researchers...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

In the 1990s, the world narrowly escaped a pandemic and scientists now think they know why

A highly contagious strain of cholera mysteriously disappeared at the time. But now researchers believe they have unraveled the mystery. In the past...
Dr. Hayden Miller -
Earth & Climate

White sharks choose harepath after massacres by ‘horror killer whales’

Two orcas have been bloody wreaking havoc among white sharks on the South African coast. In response, Jaws' ilk seem to have...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Printing in four dimensions: Dutch researchers are doing it (and that’s super useful)

3D printing is now child's play, but making an object in 4D is a lot less easy. Nevertheless, Eindhoven University of Technology...
Charlie Elliott -
Astronomy

Mysterious rocket component that crashed on the moon in March turns out to have left behind a strange crater

Images of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal that the missile part has struck a double crater. And that's surprising. In late January, data...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

‘Forest fires may have played key role in largest mass extinction ever’

What role did forest fires play in the worst disaster ever? Scientists have tried to clarify this by looking at charcoal residues. About...
Charlie Elliott -
Health & Medicine

The coronavirus appears to fatten our cells

Laboratory experiments suggest that the virus causes the fats in our cells to increase and then uses those fats as fuel. But...
Dr. Hayden Miller -
Earth & Climate

How the lice got to us

This animal is not a rodent - the elephant shrew belongs to the Afrotheria family and is surprisingly more closely related to elephants. ...
Ashton Edwards -
Biology

Marine witnesses of the Anthropocene

View of Beppu Bay in Japan. © Yokoyama et al. When did...
Elijah Burt -
Earth & Climate

These grasshoppers can eat the food of 35,000 people in 1 day, but scientists are not going to let it go!

Researchers have mapped the genome of the infamous desert locust. And it turns out to be huge. At just under nine billion...
Charlie Elliott -
History & Archaeology

A richly decorated sword from the Viking Age

Richly decorated hilt of the Viking sword discovered in Gausel. © Cora Oschmann/ Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger ...
Alan Cannon -
Astronomy

Sizzling 10-year anniversary Higgs boson: protons collide harder than ever at CERN

July 4, 2022 will mark ten years since physicists at CERN announced the discovery of the Higgs boson. After a search of...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Known soil bacterium reveals how we can make clean jet fuel

Scientists are diligently looking for ways to replace fossil fuels with more sustainable alternatives. And a tiny microbe just might be the...
Charlie Elliott -
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