science

Ostrich beads mark the ebb and flow of migration

A self-funded researcher’s work on ostrich beads shows how a flooded river basin cut ties between African communities for 40,000…

4 years ago

First “four-legged snake fossil” was a false alarm

Researchers suggest that an old study that claimed it had found an ancestral snake fossil had no legs after all

4 years ago

Some electric fish, like great orators, pause for effect

Mormyrids know how to create that shocking tension while communicating with fellow fish

4 years ago

Nanotech with some concrete solutions

Researchers find out that nanomaterials reduce the cement used in construction, thus reducing its carbon footprint

4 years ago

Trojan bacterial army brings down tumors

Working from within, modified germs expose cancer cells to an attack from the immune system

4 years ago