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Underwater audio recordings could bring damaged reefs back to life, scientists say

Underwater audio recordings could bring damaged reefs back to life, scientists say

Researchers have found that underwater speakers that broadcast the noise of thriving coral could bring life back to more damaged and degraded reefs that are in danger of becoming ocean graveyards. Scientists working off the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean discovered…
Reprogrammed Elephant Cells: Towards Mammoth-Like Traits

Reprogrammed Elephant Cells: Towards Mammoth-Like Traits

Scientists at Colossal Biosciences have successfully reprogrammed elephant skin cells into an embryonic state, marking a crucial step towards engineering elephants with woolly mammoth traits. Led by geneticist George Church, the team’s success in establishing induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell…
Scientists discover 1-million-year-old stone tools in Ukraine as evidence of human presence in Europe

Scientists discover 1-million-year-old stone tools in Ukraine as evidence of human presence in Europe

Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published recently in the journal Nature. The chipped stones, deliberately fashioned from volcanic rock, were excavated from a…
James Webb detects ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ in deep space

James Webb detects ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ in deep space

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made a groundbreaking discovery of a distant planet that may be covered entirely by a deep-water ocean, marking a significant advancement in the search for habitable conditions beyond Earth. According to the…
Researchers spot first egg-laying amphibian feeding its babies ‘milk’

Researchers spot first egg-laying amphibian feeding its babies ‘milk’

Researchers at the Instituto Butantan in Sao Paulo, Brazil, have captured a groundbreaking discovery on camera: a species of worm-like amphibian, known as a caecilian, feeding its young with a milk-like substance. The caecilians, descended from the same lineage as…
One of world’s tiniest fish found to produce sound as loud as a gunshot, scientists say

One of world’s tiniest fish found to produce sound as loud as a gunshot, scientists say

Scientists have made a remarkable discovery in the animal kingdom, finding that one of the world’s smallest fish is capable of producing sounds as loud as a gunshot. According to a study published in the PNAS journal, the male Danionella…
60% of Australian parents, carers concerned over impact of social media on their kids, survey reveals

60% of Australian parents, carers concerned over impact of social media on their kids, survey reveals

According to a new report by the Australian mental health service “ReachOut”, almost 60% of parents and carers are worried about how social media affects their teens’ mental health and wellbeing. In the survey conducted by the mental health service,…
Inventor of world’s first artificial heart passes away at 87

Inventor of world’s first artificial heart passes away at 87

Professor Tofigh “Tofy” Mussivand, an Iranian-Canadian medical engineer of Kurdish origin who invented an artificial cardiac pump, passed away at the age of 87. Born in 1942, Mosivand was a graduate of agricultural engineering from Tehran University, a master’s degree…
New antibiotic uses novel method to target deadly drug-resistant bacteria, study says

New antibiotic uses novel method to target deadly drug-resistant bacteria, study says

Scientists say they have developed a new type of antibiotic to treat bacteria that is resistant to most current antibiotics and kills a large percentage of people with an invasive infection. Zosurabalpin defeated highly drug-resistant strains of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii…
India sends new X-ray astronomy satellite into space

India sends new X-ray astronomy satellite into space

India launched an astronomy satellite to start a year that will feature key tests for its human spaceflight program and a potential joint crewed mission with NASA, SpaceNews reported yesterday. According to the report, the 469-kilogram satellite carries two instruments…
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