Using weather radar to monitor insects
Scientists are developing a pioneering technique that allows them to monitor insects in the air using weather radars, as part of a research project...
Stonehenge may have been built using lard
Pig fat could have been used to grease the sledges used to transport the massive stones of Stonehenge into position, new analysis by archaeologists...
Gorillas are a lot more like us than we thought
Gorillas have more complex social structures than previously thought, from lifetime bonds forged between distant relations, to "social tiers" with striking parallels to traditional...
Scientists turn damaging carbon dioxide into pellets to restore soils and increase crop yields
Carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere could be used to restore degraded soils, save water and boost crop yields, according to new research.
Scientists at...
Scientists discover how plants breathe
Botanists have known since the 19th century that leaves have pores – called stomata – and contain an intricate internal network of air channels....
Researchers discover more than 50 lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
Researchers have discovered 56 previously uncharted subglacial lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet bringing the total known number of lakes to 60.
Although these...
How 3D printed food could enable new taste experiences
Lancaster University researchers are exploring how new 3D printed food technologies may provide us with novel experiences or use taste as a new way...
The first archaeological artefacts are found during the search for lost prehistoric settlements in...
During May 2019, an 11-day expedition by European scientists from Belgium and Britain was undertaken to explore three sites of potential geological and archaeological...
Ancient DNA from Roman and medieval grape seeds reveal ancestry of wine making
A grape variety, still used in wine production in France today, can be traced back 900 years to just one ancestral plant, scientists have...
Scientists get a grip on sloth family tree
Scientists have solved the evolutionary puzzle of how sloths went from enormous ground-dwelling giants to the small, famously-laidback tree-climbers of the modern day.
The study,...