UK says new science initiative to work on climate-resilient crops
By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce a new science initiative to bring together work on developing climate-resilient crops as his government hosts a Global Food Security Summit in London on Monday. The summit, a joint
‘We’re releasing life’: Heat wave speeds turtle hatching in Peru
By Alfredo Galarza and Marco Aquino SAN JOSE DE LUPUNA, Peru (Reuters) - In the Peruvian Amazon, an extended heat wave and drought have shortened the incubation period for thousands of turtle hatchlings released into the river by biologists as part
Huge ancient solar storm revealed by tree rings in French Alps
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Annual growth rings inside the ancient remains of Scots pine trees in the Southern French Alps have revealed evidence of the largest-known solar storm, one that might have fried satellites and knocked out electricity grids had
Healing wounds with fish skin: a revolutionary treatment
Patients with severe burns use gauze with fish skin with fantastic healing results. A revolutionary treatment with fish skin that has remarkable healing results has gained the attention of the international scientific community in the last few years. Researchers in Brazil have
Scientists discover that universe is awash in gravitational waves
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists on Wednesday unveiled evidence that gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time predicted by Albert Einstein more than a century ago, are permeating the universe at low frequencies - creating a cosmic
Molecular fossils open window on ‘lost world’ of primordial life
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossil remains of a cell membrane component identified in rocks dating back about 1.6 billion years are opening a window into what scientists are calling a "lost world" of microscopic organisms that were the primordial
What makes us human? Primate genome study offers some clues
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most comprehensive genomic study ever on primates - a group whose membership includes lemurs, monkeys, apes and people - has revealed pivotal genetic traits that are uniquely human while refining the timeline for our
How to build a giant? Sauropod dinosaurs did it 36 different ways
Museum visitors walk beneath the skeleton of Patagotitan mayorum as it goes on display as part of the new 'Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur' exhibit at Natural History Museum in London, Britain April 1, 2023. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo By Will
You think you need more sleep? Tell that to an elephant seal
Two-month-old northern elephant seals sleep on the beach at Ano Nuevo State Park in California, U.S. April, 2020. Jessica Kendall-Bar/Handout via REUTERS By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sleep is a precious commodity for people and across the animal kingdom, indispensable even