PARIS – UNESCO and the Fondation L’Oréal on Tuesday named five women researchers as laureates of the 2026 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards, recognizing their pioneering work in life and environmental sciences. The…
New Caledonian crows can create compound tools
[caption id="attachment_15927" align="alignnone" width="900"] Compound tool construction by New Caledonian crows - credit: Alice Auersperg[/caption] An international team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and the University of Oxford have revealed that…
Europe’s third polar-orbiting weather satellite lofted into orbit
ESA--The third MetOp satellite, MetOp-C, has been launched on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to continue the provision of data for weather forecasting from polar orbit. Carrying the 4083 kg MetOp-C…
Mouse pups with same-sex parents born in China
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences were able to produce healthy mice with two mothers that went on to have normal offspring of their own. Mice from two dads were also born but only…
Impact of WWII bombing raids felt at edge…
Bombing raids by Allied forces during the Second World War not only caused devastation on the ground but also sent shockwaves through Earth’s atmosphere which were detected at the edge of space, according to new…