The distinctive Northern Bald Ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, was revived by breeding and rewilding efforts over the last two decades. But the birds — known for their distinctive black-and-iridescent green plumage, bald red head and long curved beak — don’t instinctively know which direction toContinue Reading
A disease which can kill cats, both domestic and wild, has been discovered for the first time in the US. A variant of the rustrela virus — related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans — called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lionContinue Reading
There are at least six different types of love that light up different parts of the brain, comprehensive new scans have revealed. The word “love” is used to describe a range of contexts from sexual adoration to parental or pet love, or even the love of nature. Now a newContinue Reading
Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence of humans arriving in the Pacific over 50,000 years ago, shedding more light on one of the harshest migrations across seas undertaken by our ancestors. A tree resin artefact uncovered at a cave on an Indonesian island has helped uncover when and how HomoContinue Reading
Researchers are using new cutting-edge tools to better understand the ecosystem of Scotland’s most famous loch. The Loch Ness Centre has joined forces with academics based at the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen for a project they say is a significant step forward in a scientific explorationContinue Reading
Italian scientists say they have found evidence that the Shroud of Turin may indeed have been Jesus Christ’s burial cloth, countering controversial previous research dating the artefact to medieval times. The world’s most studied archaeological artefact has been subject to scrutiny since it first emerged in 1350s, bearing the faintContinue Reading
A disease which can kill cats, both domestic and wild, has been discovered for the first time in the US. A variant of the rustrela virus — related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans — called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lionContinue Reading
Italian scientists say they have found evidence that the Shroud of Turin may indeed have been Jesus Christ’s burial cloth, countering controversial previous research dating the artefact to medieval times. The world’s most studied archaeological artefact has been subject to scrutiny since it first emerged in 1350s, bearing the faintContinue Reading
Engineers have identified a “very unusual” oxygen fire in a turbopump as the reason a rocket engine exploded during a test at the spaceport in Shetland earlier this week. The blast on Monday has delayed a German company’s efforts to carry out the first vertical satellite launch from European soil.Continue Reading
A disease which can kill cats, both domestic and wild, has been discovered for the first time in the US. A variant of the rustrela virus — related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans — called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lionContinue Reading
