Image credit: Yaarob Alabdullah Archaeologists can be just as passionate about their finds as scientists are about their inventions. After all, they each live for their passion for objects of time. Now, a new study has revealed how archaeologists risked their lives to save thousands of historic treasures from imminent destruction by Islamic State terrorists.Syrian…
Representative Image of a global map illustrating nutrient flows from human and livestock excreta to crops and grasslands (AI Generated Image) Human excreta and poorly utilised livestock excreta contain enough nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to represent about 13% of the nutrient needs of crops and grasslands worldwide, according to a global analysis published in Nature…
Representative Image of scientists extracting cellulose nanofibrils from cow manure at a dairy farm (AI Generated Image) Cow manure could become a source of cellulose for making small-structure materials after researchers developed a method to extract cellulose nanofibrils from the waste and process them into fibres, films and ribbons. Researchers from University College London, Edinburgh…
Earthquake warnings usually depend on networks of specialised instruments that detect ground motion and quickly identify an earthquake. Vivien He studied a different approach using a small and inexpensive device called Qube. The Internet of Things device cost less than $100 and was about the size of a Rubik’s cube. It used a geophone to…
Thirty-three years after scientists began an ambitious effort to reconnect wild areas across North America, a cross-border conservation project stretching from Wyoming to northern Canada has been named a finalist for Prince William’s Earthshot Prize. The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, launched in 1993, has helped establish 204 wildlife crossings and protect about 24 million…
California state officials have completed the purchase of 640 acres of desert land near Pioneertown, securing a large area that researchers say is highly likely to remain suitable for western Joshua trees as the climate changes. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) completed the purchase on August 24, 2026. The land is northwest…
Burmese pythons in southern Florida are using trees and shrubs more often than their heavy bodies, with juveniles showing arboreal behaviour more frequently than adults. Researchers radio-tracked 188 adult and 168 juvenile Burmese Pythons in Big Cypress National Preserve between 2017 and 2024 to examine how often the invasive snakes used aboveground woody vegetation. They…
When Nasa’s Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Jezero Crater in September 2023, scientists expected to find sedimentary rocks shaped by an ancient Martian lake. Instead, the rover discovered igneous rocks whose minerals preserve a much more complicated history of water activity. A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment shows that the…
Scientists have engineered bacteria to produce a silk-based protein using a surprising ingredient: a protein fragment from mussels. The approach combines an artificially designed silk protein with mussel foot protein 5, or Mfp5, which the researchers found could improve the strength and toughness of the resulting fibres. According to the study published in Nature Communications,…
A rare pyramid-shaped tomb dating to the Roman period has been uncovered at Bir Al-Shaghala in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis, revealing a striking blend of Egyptian funerary traditions and Greek and Roman influences. The discovery was announced by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on September 24 and has since been reported by Ahram Online, Archaeology…
