Raccoons are creative problem solvers and show remarkable urban street smarts
Cute, adaptable, and innovative: raccoons have it all figured out.
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Cute, adaptable, and innovative: raccoons have it all figured out.
Paris is emphasizing sustainability and fighting the myth that you need meat for athletic performance.
If something similar could be done in humans, it would be massive.
Elephant communication is so much more elaborate than we thought.
Trees are searching for colder temperatures, with far-reaching consequences for the entire ecosystem.
It's a win-win situation good for your skin and for corals.
The artifacts tell us a lot about life in medieval times in the area.
They build their own antibiotics taking parts from bacteria.
Ah, yes, wind turbines are such a blight on the landscape. These oil fields look much prettier.
Curiosity delivers once again.
The cat itself isn't doing anything wrong, obviously. But the fact that the system can be gamed so easily is...
Although it's likely a temporary effect, it goes to show just how much of an impact Swifties can have.
Special algorithms were able to find solutions to an immensely complex logistics problem.
Image credits: Texas A&M. Imagine knowing which berry or mushroom is safe to eat during a hike or swiftly detecting...
Researchers used satellites to see how many greenhouses we have in the world.
How many of these do you know?
The more we look at them, the more intriguing they are.
The Earth is about to be used as a sling.
Researchers urge producers to check their products more carefully.
Subsurface lava tunnels are important for our exploration of the moon. Scientists just found a very promising one.
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The method was so far successful in mice. Hopefully, it can be transferred to humans too.
If this works, no more space diapers from now on!
The Atacama Desert is usually famous for its scorching temperatures and dryness. Now, it's brimming with flowers.
The snowman was created more than a decade ago.
Thankfully, no one was around and there were no injuries.
The tug of war between SARS-CoV-2 and our immune systems continues.
The idea is meant to stop poachers, but not in the way you're probably thinking.
Some people call them antics, some people call it racism.
The link between autism and gut organisms seems to be stronger than we thought.
It's exactly the kind of events experts forecast would happen.
An aurora illuminated the entire polar cap during a solar wind lull.
Temperature records are being broken one after another in California.
Blue tits were found to be equally capable of remembering and adapting.
It's one of the most spectacular types of rock out there.
The hormone that may be behind this is also found in humans, but it's not clear what it does.
The same ritual was also described until the 19th century.
New method captures CO2 while enhancing concrete strength.
A team of researchers used CT scans and computer models to image trilobites in unprecedented detail.
Voyeurism is the last thing we want at the Olympics, and Japan's team is taking it very seriously.
Sometimes, astronauts onboard the ISS captures some stunning pictures. Here, we see Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, an...
Perhaps we may learn a thing or two from these people.
The manipulation of objects using light and sound waves has just taken a significant leap forward.
There's some interesting physics behind it.
These delicate yet resilient insects have been found to traverse an astonishing distance of over 4,200 kilometers from West Africa...
Apparently, the Great Red Spot we're seeing now is "very likely" not the same one Cassini saw.
Talk about a spectacular monument of nature!
A visual history of our space suit exploration.
We're blindly using AI in more and more fields — but we don't really understand the consequences.