Meet Laika: The Moscow stray dog who became the first animal to orbit Earth in 1957, but was never meant to come home |
On a cold November morning in 1957, a small stray dog that had wandered the…
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Scientists turned plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel without expensive sorting and it could revolutionise recycling forever |
We live in a world where everything, from the blood running in our veins to…
Nasa explored putting astronauts into a hibernation-like state for Mars missions, but scientists are still trying to make the science-fiction idea safe for humans |
Sending humans to Mars is one of Nasa’s greatest ambitions, but the journey presents enormous…
Scientists tracked endangered Australian cockatoos for three breeding seasons and found pesticides in 80% of seed samples, some hundreds of times above regulatory limits
Zoe Kissane says the birds often ate at seed spills around agricultural operations (Supplied: Murdoch…
Quote of the day by Albert Einstein: “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is…” – a lesson on the way we choose to see life |
Albert Einstein (Image: Wikipedia) Some people move through the world treating almost everything as ordinary.…
Scientists found that a sea anemone can distinguish helpful bacteria from harmful bacteria without antibodies or immune memory cells
The sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. In the enlarged section, the nematosomes—which are key to the…
Hunter-gatherers carried trout past waterfalls into fishless Norwegian mountain lakes 7,000 years ago; their descendants are still caught there today
7,000-year-old fish traps show hunter-gatherers brought fish to Norway’s mountains centuries before farming Ancient hunter-gatherers…
A human-bred aquarium fish prized for its bright colour and head hump has escaped into a Philippines crater lake, where scientists fear it may threaten native biodiversity
Flowerhorn cichlids are aquarium fish prized for their bright-gold colour and prominent head humps. Photograph:…
Scientists marked this West African coral reef as probably dead in the 1960s; underwater drones found it alive more than 50 metres below the sea
An image of the rediscovered coral reef by Gérard Zinzindohoué (Photo: Gérard Zinzindohoué) A deep-water…
Avian Malaria Uk: Mosquito species in the UK are potential carriers of avian malaria, new study finds
A mosquito lands on a blackbird’s wing. It pierces the skin, draws blood, and moves…