- September 16, 2024
how conquest and carnage have decimated landscapes worldwide
The Burning Earth: A History Sunil Amrith W. W. Norton (2024) In the 1620s, King Charles I of England commissioned a Dutch water engineer, Cornelius
Academics say flying to meetings harms the climate — but they carry on
Air travel to attend academic conferences remains widespread although many meeting-goers have reservations about emissions.Credit: Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg/Getty An overwhelming majority of survey respondents at a
NASA okays mission to search for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Technicians prepare to install Europa Clipper’s 3-metre-wide antenna on the spacecraft on 17 June at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
The Amazon’s gargantuan gardeners: manatees
Nature, Published online: 07 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02874-9 The aquatic mammals disperse seeds of their favourite foods as they migrate, according to a serendipitous study of
A day in the life of the world’s fastest supercomputer
Oak Ridge, Tennessee The fastest supercomputer in the world is a machine known as Frontier, but even this speedster with nearly 50,000 processors has its
Huge SpaceX rocket explosion shredded the upper atmosphere
SpaceX’s Starship rocket is the most powerful launch vehicle ever built.Credit: Joe Marino/UPI/Shutterstock The huge explosions that destroyed SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket last year also blew
Detecting hidden brain injuries
A physiotherapist assists a woman who has experienced a traumatic brain injury with rehabilitation exercises. Credit: Amelie-Benoist/BSIP/Science Photo Library It’s the middle of the night.
Mysterious Oropouche virus is spreading: what you should know
The Southern house mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus; artificially coloured) can transmit Oropouche virus to humans, but the main vector is the midge Culicoides paraensis.Credit: Dennis Kunkel
Ancient equine genomes reveal dawn of horse domestication
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 23 August 2024 An analysis of ancient genomes reveals an explosive geographical and demographic spread of modern domestic horses about 4,200 years ago.
Blow that whistle at your own risk
Haematologist and whistle-blower Nancy Olivieri has spent more than three decades fighting for scientific integrity and for her patients.Credit: Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star/Getty Working scientist profiles
