Carbon storage calculations don’t always take into account the effects of animals – when they eat, defecate and die, they help store lots of carbon ​Carbon storage calculations don’t always take into account the effects of animals – when they eat, defecate and die, they help store lots of carbon Carbon storage calculations don’t always take …

Animals may help ecosystems store 3 times more carbon than we thought Read More »

By measuring how birds’ vocal muscles move while they are asleep and using a physical model for how those muscles produce sound, researchers have pulled songs from the minds of sleeping birds ​By measuring how birds’ vocal muscles move while they are asleep and using a physical model for how those muscles produce sound, researchers …

Songs that birds ‘sing’ in their dreams translated into sound Read More »

Identical twins seem to experience more similar levels of pleasure when listening to music than non-identical twins, which suggests it has a genetic element ​Identical twins seem to experience more similar levels of pleasure when listening to music than non-identical twins, which suggests it has a genetic element Identical twins seem to experience more similar levels …

Your genes may influence how much you enjoy listening to music Read More »

A site in Siberia has evidence of human presence 417,000 years ago, raising the possibility that hominins could have reached North America much earlier than we thought ​A site in Siberia has evidence of human presence 417,000 years ago, raising the possibility that hominins could have reached North America much earlier than we thought A site …

Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,000 years ago Read More »

Curved wing tips inspired by the world’s heaviest flying bird could enhance the efficiency of wind turbines by of 10 per cent, according to simulations ​Curved wing tips inspired by the world’s heaviest flying bird could enhance the efficiency of wind turbines by of 10 per cent, according to simulations Curved wing tips inspired by the …

Wind turbines based on condor wings could capture more energy Read More »

Teams of staff usually return e-scooters to where they will be needed, but adapted scooters that can balance and stop themselves, and be controlled remotely, are a step towards autonomous ones that can take themselves wherever they have to go ​Teams of staff usually return e-scooters to where they will be needed, but adapted scooters …

Autonomous e-scooters could ride themselves back to charging points Read More »