Mars in Motion! Scientists create stunning gifs of the Red Planet’s sand dunes to understand what conditions impact them Scientists used data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to create gifs of sand dunes on Mars The team is hoping to understand what conditions impact them and how dunes in different areas move They found the highest sand … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 83,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
Scientists in Israel say they are just weeks away from developing an oral vaccine which will beat coronavirus. Officials in the country expect the drug to be available within 90 days after it has completed the necessary testing. Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis said: ‘Congratulations to MIGAL [The Galilee Research Institute] on this exciting breakthrough. … Read more
Scientists believe antibiotics already available on the market may be the key to treating coronavirus. The outbreak has spread like wildfire with more than 82,000 infected in about 50 countries and more than 2,800 people dead. A team of researchers at Norwegian University of Science and Technology had anti-virals as well as four antibiotics that treat … Read more
A recent study of 45 years of observational data about polar bears shows the animals hoard the bodies of kills, burying them in the snow or dirt so they can return to them at a later date. The behavior, called caching, is relatively common in other bear species, especially brown bears, from which polar bears … Read more
They’re the thievers of food, the pinchers of chips, the scourge of the seaside skies. Now scientists have revealed what we’ve always suspected — seagulls do prefer to eat food that has been handled by us hapless humans. When the birds were presented with two identical food items — one of which they had seen a human … Read more