Birds' nests express their unique style and past experiences
Nov 13, 2023 12:01 pm UTC| Nature
Walking through a town or city, you will encounter buildings with diverse shapes and sizes. These unique styles exist in part because the buildings were constructed by different architects, engineers and builders. Birds...
We need a global treaty to solve plastic pollution – acid rain and ozone depletion show us why
Nov 13, 2023 11:57 am UTC| Nature
After years of discussion, international negotiations on a global plastics treaty resume this week in Nairobi, Kenya, at the UN Environment Programme headquarters. The third session of the UN Intergovernmental...
Heat, cold, pollution, noise and insects: too many apartment blocks aren't up to the challenge
Nov 10, 2023 14:46 pm UTC| Nature
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the impacts of air quality on high-rise living. However, apartments face a range of atmospheric challenges. These include air and noise pollution, temperature and weather extremes,...
Do you like snakes, lizards and frogs? Why herpetology might be the career for you
Nov 10, 2023 14:44 pm UTC| Nature
We are so fortunate to share the world with a huge diversity of creatures. For me, some of the most fascinating are reptiles and amphibians. Collectively called herpetofauna, reptiles and amphibians are ectotherms; they...
Nov 07, 2023 09:04 am UTC| Nature
As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic waves. These seismic waves are so powerful and widespread that they show up as a steady thrum on seismographs, the same...
Nov 07, 2023 09:00 am UTC| Nature
You are unlikely to have seen one, but wildcats are still clinging on by a claw in Scotland. Most of the cats living in the wild in Scotland are hybrid cats with a mix of wildcat and domestic cat ancestry or feral domestic...
The wildfires that led to mass extinction: a warning from California's Ice Age history – podcast
Nov 05, 2023 20:35 pm UTC| Nature
In recent years, Californians have had to deal with some deadly and destructive wildfires. But in fact, this part of the western United States has been shaped by fire for millennia. In this episode of The Conversation...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects