Science In flow

Scientists have long used information from sediments at the bottom of the ocean to reconstruct the conditions in oceans of the past. But a study raises concerns about the common use of pyrite sulfur isotopes to reconstruct Earth's evolving oxidation state. These signals aren't the global fingerprint of oxygen in the atmosphere, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/37WmzQ9

Marine protected areas (MPAs) around Oahu do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat algae on coral reefs. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3r00RC6

A computer science lab challenges -- and beats -- deep learning in a test to see if a new bioinformatics approach effectively tracks the lab of origin of a synthetic genetic sequence. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NN3cSA

Researchers have produced cellulose nanofiber (CNF) synthesized silk naturally through a simple tweak to silkworms' diet. Mixing CNF with commercially available food and feeding the silkworms resulted in a stronger and more tensile silk. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3sGkXBX

A team has put forth a new framework for injecting as much information as possible into the pre-design and early design phases of a project, potentially saving architects and design teams time and money down the road. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3bRaU6f

Doppler radar improves lives by peeking inside air masses to predict the weather. A team is using similar technology to look inside living cells, introducing a method to detect pathogens and treat infections in ways that scientists never have before. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3b34YYH

Born in food web ecology, the concept of trophic levels -- the hierarchy of who eats who in the natural world -- is an elegant way to understand how biomass and energy move through a natural system. It's only natural that the idea found its way into the realm of aquaculture, where marine and freshwater farmers try to maximize their product with efficient inputs. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3uDeids

A widespread field search for a rare Australian native bee not recorded for almost a century has found it's been there all along - but is probably under increasing pressure to survive. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/37WBk5k

A diet rich in human food may be wreaking havoc on the health of urban coyotes, according to a new study. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/37YIKoN

A group of crustaceans called amphipods can accelerate as fast as a bullet--literally, according to a new study. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3sv0LCO

Southern California can now expect to see post-wildfire landslides occurring almost every year, with major events expected roughly every ten years, a new study finds. The results show Californians are now facing a double whammy of increased wildfire and landslide risk caused by climate change-induced shifts in the state's wet and dry seasons, according to researchers who mapped landslide vulnerability in the southern half of the state. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3b0hAjg

Over many decades now, traditional drug discovery methods have steadily improved at keeping diseases at bay and cancer in remission. And for the most part, it's worked well. But it hasn't worked perfectly. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3bLXVCS

When the pungent smell of rotting food sends a person running, that disgusted feeling is an evolved response that helps avoid exposure to pathogens, say anthropologists. In a project that blended anthropology, biology and psychology, researchers explored disgust behaviors among Ecuador's indigenous Shuar people. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3q6JZZ4

When birds see a predator in their midst, one strategy is to call out loudly, attracting other birds to do the same. Sometimes individuals within this 'mobbing flock' will fly over the predator or attack it directly. Now, researchers have found that male superb lyrebirds do something rather unexpected: they imitate a mobbing flock in courtship and even in the act of mating with a female. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3uFmqtP

Biologists have discovered how cytokinin activates stem cell division in plants. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3bLoI20

Changes to food allergy guidelines has led to a 16 per cent decrease in peanut allergy among infants, according to new study. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3sxtpTZ

Researchers have analysed decades' worth of data on the impact of repeated fires on ecosystems across the world. Their results show that repeated fires are driving long-term changes to tree communities and reducing their population sizes. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Mxi1If

Spring snowmelt in the Alps is occurring earlier in the year due to climate change and as a result triggering abrupt deviations in mountain ecosystems. These changes could negatively affect the functioning of these valuable ecosystems. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3bP20WU

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is key to various fundamental biological processes. It transfers genetic information, translates it into proteins or supports gene regulation. To achieve a more detailed understanding of the precise functions it performs, researchers have devised a new fluorescence imaging method which enables live-cell RNA imaging with unprecedented resolution. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3q6rzaS

Many climate models focus on scenarios decades into the future, making their outcomes seem unreliable and problematic for decision-making in the immediate future. In a proactive move, researchers are using short-term forecasts to stress the urgency of drought risk in the United States and inform policymakers' actions now. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/37VVnkx

Biologists have released the first broad scale synthesis of available information derived from right whale health assessment techniques. The manuscript reviews available tools, and current understanding of the health status and trends of individual whales and the species. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/300js56

As the frequency and size of wildfires continues to increase worldwide, new research shows how the chemical aging of the particles emitted by these fires can lead to more extensive cloud formation and intense storm development in the atmosphere. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2Oac70k

Researchers estimated biodiversity and biomass losses in the biome using data from 1,819 forest inventories. In terms of carbon storage, the losses correspond to the destruction of 70,000 km² of forest. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3q7bHF8

Apocalypse now? The all-too-common practice of making climate doomsday forecasts is not just bad science, it's also a terrible way to communicate important information. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3q7bFx0

The soundscapes of coral reef ecosystems can recover quickly from severe weather events such as hurricanes. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3dWyktw

Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, an Egyptologist has been able to reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is the oldest surviving manual on mummification yet discovered. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3dUWbd5

Whether we smell, taste or see, or when adrenaline rushes through our veins, all of these signals are received by our cells via a specific group of receptor proteins called G protein-coupled receptors, which transmit signals to the inside of the cell. Biochemists have now discovered that such receptors can also produce signals even in the absence of an external stimulus: For certain receptors clustering is apparently sufficient. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/37WBoSv

The maternal care of offspring is one of the behavioral drivers that has led some bee species to have an ever-expanding social life over the history of evolution, new research has found. By virtue of being in a social group the genome itself may respond by selecting more social, rather than non-social genes. The behavior and social environment come first setting the stage for future molecular evolution. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3dT6oXm

Furthermore, the targeted Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) intervention was safe, less costly, and more cost-effective compared with standard 'blanket' IRS, meaning savings could potentially be reallocated to other malaria control and elimination activities. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3pYwrPu

'Everyone's unique' is a popular maxim. All people are equal, but there are of course individual differences. This was no different with dinosaurs. A study has now revealed that the variability of Plateosaurus trossingensis was much greater than previously assumed. The paleontologists examined a total of 14 complete skulls of this species, eight of which they described for the first time. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3bFcbgA

Koalas are facing multiple environmental and health issues which threaten their survival. Along with habitat loss - accelerated by last year's devastating bush fires - domestic dog attacks and road accidents, they suffer from deadly chlamydial infections and extremely high frequency of cancer. Scientists now demonstrate that a retrovirus invading the koala germline explains the high frequency of koala cancer. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3b2gi7r

Researchers found that microbes living in ancient sediment below the seafloor are sustained primarily by chemicals created by the natural irradiation of water molecules. Results of this research may have implications for life on Mars. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/37SbrDR

Understanding how human technology evolves is crucial to understanding why humans have enjoyed such unprecedented evolutionary success. The evolution of complex technologies can occur with only partial causal understanding and has significant implications for our understanding of the cultural evolution of technology. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NCl6aK

Eminent scientists warn that key ecosystems around Australia and Antarctica are collapsing, and propose a three-step framework to combat irreversible global damage. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3dRSzbM

Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) deliver specific amino acids to ribosomes during translation of messenger RNA into proteins. The abundance of tRNAs can therefore have a profound impact on cell physiology, but measuring the amount of each tRNA in cells has been limited by technical challenges. Researchers have now overcome these limitations with mim-tRNAseq, a method that can be used to quantify tRNAs in any organism and will help improve our understanding of tRNA regulation in health and disease. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3bHowAW

A new study using leading edge technology has shed surprising light on the ancient habitat where some of the first dinosaurs roamed in the UK around 200 million years ago. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ZVDRZe

Aridification in the central plains of China during the early Bronze Age did not cause population collapse, a result that highlights the importance of social resilience to climate change. Instead of a collapse amid dry conditions, development of agriculture and increasingly complex human social structures set the stage for a dramatic increase in human population around 3,900 to 3,500 years ago. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3sC8Tlf

An insecticide used to control pest infestations on squash and pumpkins significantly hinders the reproduction of ground-nesting bees -- valuable pollinators for many food crops, new research has revealed. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2MzwMKQ

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3dQ9StC

You are more likely to eat healthy foods if your dining companions eat healthily, or vice versa, according to a study of 39,000 students and staff at a university from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3uCXgMH

A research team has developed a new method for tracking how the deadly yellow fever mosquito moves through the environment, a potentially critical tool for controlling the insect and the diseases it spreads. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3utJzPU

Exploring exposure to superbacteria, researchers got unexpected results from an international collaborative study conducted in real time among 20 travelers to Southeast Asia. All the participants were found to contract superbacteria within a week after arriving in the destination. A detailed sequence analysis showed that the traveler group acquired a variety of superbacteria comprising over 80 different strains altogether. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3dOzbwd

Paleo-ecologists have demonstrated that the offspring of enormous carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex may have fundamentally re-shaped their communities by out-competing smaller rival species. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3aUkPZk

The world is wildly off track meeting the Paris Agreement goal of holding temperature rises to 1.5ۜ°C, despite a recent series of more ambitious new national climate plans from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2ZQDYVV

Let’s imagine you have inherited a fortune and want to solve the world’s most pressing problems. Here’s the best way to spend your money to make a difference to climate change, disease and poverty from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3qZopaa

The processor in the Perseverance rover on Mars is similar to the one that powered the colourful iMacs from the late 1990s, with some added radiation shielding from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2ZVOs68

The UK government plan announced in 2020 is to ban new petrol and diesel model cars by 2030, but some fossil-fuelled cars are to be exempt. Now it has emerged that the concession came after lobbying by the UK car-makers' trade body from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2O7AlbC

Incredibly detailed images of the intricate insides of a gecko were created using high-energy X-rays emitted by a synchrotron particle accelerator from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2ZV6EwZ

Cloning goes horribly wrong in The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey, a darkly funny debut science-fiction novel with just enough science to make it believable from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3syutqL

Researchers have designed a reinforcement-based algorithm that automates the process of predicting the properties of the underground environment, facilitating the accurate forecasting of oil and gas reserves. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3szzPSF

Alkanes, an important component of fuels for combustion engines and an important class of urban trace gases, react via another reaction pathways than previously thought. These hydrocarbons, formerly called paraffins, thus produce large amounts of highly oxygenated compounds that can contribute to organic aerosol and thus to air pollution in cities. The results of this interdisciplinary work provide crucial information about oxidation processes both in combustion engines and in the atmosphere. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3uv1PIK

A team of leading urban ecologists outlines a practical checklist to guide interventions, strategies, and research that better position urban systems to meet urgent sustainability goals. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3dJTU4t

Satellite images taken over three decades show that keeping dingoes out comes at a price. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3ssQI11

Warming temperatures will potentially alter the climate in Alaska so profoundly later this century that the number of thunderstorms will triple, increasing the risks of widespread flash flooding, landslides, and lightning-induced wildfires, new research finds. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NIASkj

While popular as an eco-friendly fuel, hydrogen is difficult to produce efficiently in an eco-friendly manner (through sunlight-induced decomposition of water) due to stability issues of catalysts (chemical reaction facilitators). In a new study, scientists demonstrate water splitting under sunlight using polydopamine-coated zinc sulfide nanorods as a catalyst. In their paper, they report a remarkably enhanced hydrogen production rate and look into the causes, paving the way for a hydrogen-based future. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3dM9354

A team including researchers at Google has used one of the search giant's underwater fibre optic cables to detect earthquakes and ocean waves generated by storms, without needing any extra equipment from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3sq9WV8

Fossil hunters struggle to find evidence of medium-sized carnivorous dinosaur species – perhaps because juvenile forms of giants like T. rex outcompeted them from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3sxv4Jf

Scientists have found that known deaths of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales represent a fraction of the true death toll. This comes as the death of a calf and recent sightings of entangled right whales off the southeastern United States raise alarm. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2O1rxE5

New hydrogel-based materials that can change shape in response to psychological stimuli, such as water, could be the next generation of materials used to bioengineer tissues and organs, according to a team of researchers. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3pTroQh

The Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Sea has increased its freshwater content by 40% over the past two decades. When conditions change this freshwater will travel to the Labrador Sea off Canada, rather than through the wider marine passageways that connect to seas in Northern Europe. This has implications for local marine environments and global ocean circulation. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3qWFkdp

When the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum runs out of food, sulfur limitation drives its development from a unicellular to a multicellular organism. Researchers now present the nutrient signaling pathways in this early eukaryote in great detail. Their results show how metabolism may have played a crucial role in the origins of multicellularity. Moreover, the findings also have therapeutic implications for more complex organisms such as humans. Targeting sulfur metabolism in cancer cells may enhance anti-tumor immunity. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NDpRAJ

The formation of a brain is one of nature's most staggeringly complex accomplishments. The intricate intermingling of neurons and a labyrinth of connections also make it a particularly difficult feat for scientists to study. Now researchers have devised a strategy that allows them to see this previously impenetrable process unfold in a living animal -- the worm Caenorhabditis elegans. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3uAfhv8

Scientists have identified the specialized environment, known as a niche, in the bone marrow where new bone and immune cells are produced. The study also shows that movement-induced stimulation is required for the maintenance of this niche, as well as the bone and immune-forming cells that it contains. Together, these findings identify a new way that exercise strengthens bones and immune function. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3klMZzJ

Researchers believe they have closed the case of what killed the dinosaurs, definitively linking their extinction with an asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago by finding a key piece of evidence: asteroid dust inside the impact crater. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ZQK6O0

A new study offers rare insights into the unique social character of forest elephants, the least understood of the world's three currently existing elephant species. Limited access to food in the central African forest probably affects why females of this species form smaller family units than other elephants. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NVYtxE

The plant that encourages kissing at Christmas is in fact a parasite, and new research reveals mistletoe has an unusual feeding strategy. When two mistletoes invade the same tree, they increase photosynthesis to get the nutrients they need, essentially sharing the tree and causing it less harm. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3dNtkaG

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kzSB9L

Plastic bottles with a capacity of 2.3 litres contain the most liquid for the lowest packaging weight and could reduce plastic waste by thousands of tonnes per year from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2NwMeYI

Birds threatened by a predator often call out to encourage other birds to make noise and fly about, repelling the attacker as part of a “mobbing flock”. Now it seems male lyrebirds imitate this sound to scare females into mating from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3bK4XrQ

Monosodium glutamate is eaten without problems in many countries, yet in the West there is a strange cultural aversion to it. James Wong investigates what’s going on from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3koomlP

Pufferfish are the only bony fish that can blink – and they do so by sinking their eyeballs deep into their sockets and puckering the skin surrounding the eye together from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2MmxniG

My Octopus Teacher, Feels Good Man, Spaceship Earth, and Icarus are all great science documentaries available to stream at the moment from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2Pb4CGV

Proto-cities built from 6200 years ago in eastern Europe upend our ideas about when civilisation began and why people made the move from rural to urban living from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2ZOIbJz

We too often turn to insulting people’s brain power – and that closes off our ability to understand others, argues Melanie Challenger from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3knMvJk

UK officials have called the lack of support for children with long covid a “national scandal” and parents are raising alarms about the risks posed by school reopening from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3qYhYEo

The extinction of woolly mammoths was hastened by a warming climate that shrank and fragmented their habitat, and was then exacerbated by human hunting from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/37Oke9Q

Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan star in Synchronic, a thrilling film about a strange drug that sends you back in time from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2ZLYuXJ

Space Sweepers on Netflix, may be a silly but lovable piece of space opera, but this South Korean film delivers sharp truths and a sense of the ungiving, soul-grinding nature of space from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3uygXoD

In the rainforests of Ecuador, researchers found a rare snake that hasn’t been seen in 54 years, known as a shadow snake for its dark colour and cautious nature from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3aSKAZW

Using software testing techniques on computer hardware can slash development time and produce more reliable and secure computer chips from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3dGCV2L

Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in the quest to understand how single-cell green algae are able to keep track of the light as they swim. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3kiCZqW

New research provides evidence that the "protocells" that formed around 3.8 billion years ago, before bacteria and single-celled organisms, could have had specialized bubble-like compartments that formed spontaneously, encapsulated small molecules, and formed "daughter" protocells. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NYkAUh

Researchers have discovered a new gene-editing technique that allows for the programming of sequential cuts -- or edits -- over time. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3aSVPBX

Autonomous underwater vehicles have become versatile tools for exploring the seas. But they can be disruptive to the environment or have trouble traveling through confined spaces. Researchers are studying an alternative: highly maneuverable, low-cost underwater gliders that operate silently. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/37KjPoK

Flavor differences in whiskey can be discerned based solely on the environment in which the barley used to make the whiskey is grown, a new study found. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3qSDTNj

Amid population expansion and severe climate conditions threatening agricultural productivity, sustainable food production is a national priority. Simultaneously, advances in bioenergy agriculture are necessary to move our energy sector away from fossil fuels. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3urO5hT

The next time you eat seafood, think about the long-term effects. Will consistently eating the biggest fish or the biggest conch, mean that only the smaller individuals will have a chance to reproduce? from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3sq4GAM

Global wind power capacity has increased more than fivefold over the past decade, leading to larger turbines, but low-level jets are one cause for concern. The effects of these strong, energetic wind flows depend on how high the wind flows are in relation to the turbines. Researchers considered three different scenarios in which the LLJs were above, below, and in the middle of the turbine rotors. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2NV14b6

Our distant ancestors may have swung below tree branches and knuckle-walked like a chimpanzee – challenging recent thinking that the earliest hominins did neither from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2NYwMEg

A Diplodocus-like dinosaur is the first of its kind to be found in Asia, suggesting the land mass could have helped dinosaurs reach other regions from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/381ulbx

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3smlc4S

The world is in urgent need of a vaccine that protects against all coronaviruses, even those we've not met yet, warn scientists, as plans for human trials of potential candidates ramp up from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3sr9IgG

From one of the creators of Rick and Morty, animation Solar Opposites explores how intelligent beings from another world would fare in a typical US neighbourhood with hilarious results from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kkBF6J

An artificial intelligence that can remember its previous successes and use them to create new strategies has achieved record high scores on some of the hardest classic Atari video games from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3dLNMZk

Despite what you might have heard, your body is not a simple calorie-burning engine you can tweak at will to keep trim and stay healthy. Here are seven metabolic misconceptions you need to know from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kivIY5

Ice has an electrical charge, which researchers say could be exploited to create devices that easily defrost car windows and aeroplane wings from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3uszjrf

An Asian-Australian moth becomes more sexually active under red light than under another colour of light, or in dark conditions from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3spfPCa

Whales, dolphins and porpoises are much better at fighting cancer than we are, and a DNA analysis brings us closer to understanding why cetaceans can do this from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3bATN8n

The oldest confirmed dog remains found in North America support the idea that the first Americans – and their dogs – travelled along the Pacific coast from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2P1Ts7b

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3ujPjf0

A new way of detecting coronavirus could increase surveillance of dangerous mutations and alert individuals as to which variant of the virus they are carrying from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kijzlK

NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent back incredible video footage from throughout its landing on Mars, as well as the first audio recordings from the Red Planet from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3sicCEm

People in the UK will be wearing face masks and social distancing until 2022 and possibly 2023, predict infectious disease experts polled by New Scientist from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2ZLLGjP

In a world first, a slug in Australia has been recorded descending from a fence post to the ground by sliding down a thin thread of slimy mucus from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2Me8YMd

One dose of coronavirus vaccine cut hospitalisations in Scotland by up to 94 per cent, while further analysis shows a significant drop in death rates in the over-80s from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kcrwJc

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/2NQhAsK

Our muscles get stronger when put under stress and now robot ones could do the same, thanks to a soft gel that becomes harder when exposed to vibration from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3ui5KbX

For the first time, researchers have detected a high-energy neutrino emitted when a black hole ripped up a star, confirming these cataclysmic events act as particle accelerators from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3qJGIzX

A large, life-like painting of a kangaroo on the ceiling of a rock shelter is the oldest known painting in Australia, and was dated using ancient wasp nests from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3kdjpvZ

The Brazilian government has passed 57 legislative acts that weaken environmental protections, half of which occurred during the covid-19 pandemic from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/37AtXjT

Microorganisms possess natural product biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) that may harbor unique bioactivities for use in drug development and agricultural applications. However, many uncharacterized microbial BGCs remain inaccessible. Researchers previously demonstrated a technique using transcription factor decoys to activate large, silent BGCs in bacteria to aid in natural product discovery. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3bqqHbL

In Unity, Elly Bangs conjures a post-apocalyptic Earth where her protagonist, once part of a hive mind, faces a dangerous, fractured future. The novel is a powerful exploration of union, trauma and consent, says Bethan Ackerley from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3pGCZ50

New time-lapse videos capture something that's too slow for our eyes to see: the growing tips of plant roots make corkscrew-like motions, waggling and winding in a helical path as they burrow into the soil. By using time-lapse footage, along with a root-like robot to test ideas, researchers have gained new insights into how and why rice root tips twirl as they grow. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3ugjIeo

In one species of ants, workers duel to establish new leadership after the death of their queen. While these sparring matches stretch for more than a month, changes in behavior and gene expression in the first three days of dueling can accurately predict who will triumph, according to a New York University study published in the journal Genes & Development. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2M5QqxC

Viruses are the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Now researchers have identified over 140,000 viral species living in the human gut, more than half of which have never been seen before. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3upkRQS

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3pzo1Ob

With some types of sanitation, such as pit latrines, human waste can be filtered through soil. Across the world around 38 million tonnes of human waste is sanitised this way – the equivalent of around £3.2 billion of commercial water treatment from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3bo7dVg

Microbes at the bottom of the third deepest hole in the world may be surviving life at 137°C, which would extend life’s known thermal tolerances from New Scientist - Home https://ift.tt/3axQ3VV

The fossil of a bird that lived alongside the dinosaurs was found with some sort of rocks in its stomach. Previously, researchers thought that these rocks were swallowed on purpose to help clean its stomach, like modern birds of prey do, giving a hint at its diet. But in a new study, scientists discovered that these rocks are quartz crystals that likely formed after the bird died -- its diet is still a mystery. from Top Environment News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2OUErUP