Wakes from offshore wind farms can reduce the power generated by neighbouring farms – an issue that is growing more prevalent as turbines get bigger and more numerous ​Wakes from offshore wind farms can reduce the power generated by neighbouring farms – an issue that is growing more prevalent as turbines get bigger and more …

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The US anti-vaccine movement is now firmly embedded in the highest levels of government, where those overseeing public health agencies are making drastic cuts both wide and deep ​The US anti-vaccine movement is now firmly embedded in the highest levels of government, where those overseeing public health agencies are making drastic cuts both wide and …

Kennedy has taken a sledgehammer to the US’s public health Read More »

The way bonobos combine vocal sounds to create new meanings suggests the evolutionary building blocks of human language are shared with our closest relatives ​The way bonobos combine vocal sounds to create new meanings suggests the evolutionary building blocks of human language are shared with our closest relatives The way bonobos combine vocal sounds to create …

Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humans Read More »

A group of researchers from the University of Kentucky, The University of Tennessee and Indiana University, including those supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, have collaborated with scientists from the U.S. Forest Service and others… ​A group of researchers from the University of Kentucky, The University of Tennessee and Indiana University, including those supported …

Conserving the White Oak Tree: Critical for timber and distilling industries Read More »

The artificial sweetener sucralose increases brain activity in regions involved in appetite, suggesting it makes people hungrier ​The artificial sweetener sucralose increases brain activity in regions involved in appetite, suggesting it makes people hungrier The artificial sweetener sucralose increases brain activity in regions involved in appetite, suggesting it makes people hungrier 

Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-making techniques using mammoth tusks, a softer material than bone ​Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-making techniques using mammoth tusks, a softer material than bone Ancient humans living in …

Mammoth tusk flakes may be the oldest ivory objects made by humans Read More »

Researchers used a synthetic version of moon dust to build working solar panels, which could eventually be created within – and used to power – a moon base of the future ​Researchers used a synthetic version of moon dust to build working solar panels, which could eventually be created within – and used to power …

We could make solar panels on the moon by melting lunar dust Read More »

As China’s vast electrical grid relies more on wind, solar and hydropower, it faces a growing risk of power shortages due to bad weather – and that could encourage the use of coal plants ​As China’s vast electrical grid relies more on wind, solar and hydropower, it faces a growing risk of power shortages due …

Extreme weather could disrupt China’s renewable energy boom Read More »

People seem to be less impressed when others lose weight with the drug Ozempic than when they achieve it via lifestyle changes ​People seem to be less impressed when others lose weight with the drug Ozempic than when they achieve it via lifestyle changes People seem to be less impressed when others lose weight with the …

Ozempic weight loss is deemed less praiseworthy than lifestyle changes Read More »