Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans
Bird flu has been spreading in wild animals for years but it is now adapting to humans Vuk Valcic//SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The threat
Hunter-gatherers built a massive fish trap in Belize 4000 years ago
Satellite image showing channels that formed part of an ancient fishery, and Mayan sites nearby Google Earth Archaeologists have discovered a massive network of ancient
Common chemical in drinking water hasn’t been tested for safety
Millions of US residents may be drinking water containing the potentially harmful compound Yiu Yu Hoi/Getty Images A common disinfectant in drinking water breaks down
We may have solved the mystery of what froze Earth’s inner core
How did Earth’s inner core freeze solid? Rost9/Shutterstock A high concentration of carbon within Earth’s inner core could explain a long-standing mystery about how the
Australia wants to ban social media for under-16s, but it won't work
Attempts to prevent Australian children from accessing social media are likely to fail, and could do more harm than good Source link
Drought, fires and fossil fuels push CO2 emissions to a record high
Wildfires in the tropics drove some increase in CO2 emissions but the bulk was driven by burning fossil fuels Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Carbon dioxide
AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world
Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a possible shortcut for training robots
Ancient Egyptians shaped sheep’s horns – and we don’t know why
Sheep skulls modified by ancient Egyptians so that their horns grew upward instead of outward B. De Cupere Sheep with deformed horns are among the
Bird flu infects a pig in the US, potentially raising risks to humans
Every time H5N1 infects a mammal, it has a chance to develop mutations that make it more transmissible Alamy Stock Photo It’s been detected in
Data centres may soon burn as much extra gas as California uses daily
A power substation near a data centre in Virginia Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images Silicon Valley’s scramble to build more data centres could boost US