Pre-Columbian farming secrets could save the Amazonian savanna
Raised farming beds used by the Amazon’s earliest inhabitants could lead the way for a sustainable ecosystem.
Baboons can recognise words
Baboons have no linguistic skills, but they can spot printed words. Over a period of 45 days, a team of scientists from the US and France studied a group of baboons living in…
Why did the Titanic sink?
It wasn’t a single factor that sent Titanic to the bottom of the ocean, it was a chain of them.
Red giants’ weight loss trick
These old stars don’t need diets, they use stellar winds to lose weight instead.
Black flies exist for a reason
These irritating creatures could be the key to preventing the diseases they spread.
A cure for macular degeneration?
A team of researchers from Trinity College Dublin have found that controlling an inflammatory component known as IL-18 could prevent the development of macular degeneration.
