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• Starlings disappearing from gardens, says RSPB

  11-04-2025 03:31 via bbc.com
  
  The Big Garden Birdwatch survey recorded the lowest ever numbers of starlings this year.
  
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• Most of world's colourful corals go white in record-breaking bleaching

  23-04-2025 21:36 via cbc.ca
  
  The world's rainbow reefs have gone ghostly white in seas around the globe due to record heat in the oceans, the International Coral Reef Initiative reports. But scientists say the reefs aren't all dead yet and could still bounce back if people take the right steps.
  
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• Mystery of medieval cemetery near airport runway deepens

  23-04-2025 02:15 via bbc.com
  
  Skeletons and artefacts unearthed from the site near Cardiff Airport are baffling archaeologists.
  
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• Structural robustness and temporal vulnerability of the starvation-responsive metabolic network in healthy and obese mouse liver | Science Signaling

  22-04-2025 15:01 via science.org
  
  A metabolic network based on omic data reveals how obesity affects how the liver adapts to starvation.
  
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• Re-epithelialization of cancer cells increases autophagy and DNA damage: Implications for breast cancer dormancy and relapse | Science Signaling

  22-04-2025 15:01 via science.org
  
  The OVOL transcription factors promote relapse-associated dormancy in breast cancer.
  
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• Making complexes less complicated | Science Signaling

  22-04-2025 15:01 via science.org
  
  A blended proteomics platform provides new depth to the proteome of breast cancer.
  
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• Mission to boldly grow food in space labs blasts off

  22-04-2025 02:58 via bbc.com
  The mission will explore new ways of reducing the cost of feeding an astronaut.
  
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• Canada's top candidates talk up fossil fuels as climate slips down agenda

  22-04-2025 01:16 via bbc.com
  Amid tariff threats from the US, energy and economic security are key issues in Canada's federal election.
  
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• Could an almighty eruption destroy a dreamy Greek island?

  21-04-2025 01:59 via bbc.com
  
  Scientists are investigating for the first time how dangerous the island's next big one could be.
  
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• Could AI text alerts help save snow leopards from extinction?

  21-04-2025 01:36 via bbc.com
  
  In Pakistan, it's hoped newly-developed AI cameras could warn villagers via text to move their livestock if snow leopards enter the area.
  
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• Could your microphone be affecting your job prospects?

  20-04-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new Yale psychology study says the audio quality you have on video calls can affect how others perceive you — especially in snap-judgement scenarios like job interviews and dating.
  
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• AI and thermal drones are helping find the lost in B.C.'s mountains

  20-04-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Vancouver's famous North Shore Mountains are visited by thousands every year. But some trips don't go according to plan. New technology, some of it developed in Canada, is helping search crews find those who are lost faster than ever.
  
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• Oldest serving US astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday

  20-04-2025 06:05 via bbc.com
  A capsule with Don Pettit and his two Russian crewmates lands in Kazakhstan after a space station mission.
  
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• Newly discovered ancient apex predator had knife-sharp teeth and bone-crushing jaws

  19-04-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  What has the body of a dog, the face of a cat and jaws powerful enough to potentially crush the bones of an elephant? Meet the Bastetodon, a newly discovered species of apex predator that roamed the lush forests of ancient Egypt some 30 million years ago.
  
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• #TheMoment a rare colossal squid was captured on video for the first time

  19-04-2025 04:15 via cbc.ca
  Benjamin Erwin recounts the moment he accidentally recorded the first confirmed footage of the rare colossal squid while piloting a vessel near the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
  
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• Tsunami towers proposed for Tofino, B.C.

  19-04-2025 01:50 via cbc.ca
  The Vancouver Island community of Tofino could face serious risk if an earthquake and tsunami hit, according to Katsu Goda, an Earth sciences professor at Western University. Goda spoke to CBC's On The Coast about how tsunami towers — made of strong metal — could help prevent fatalities in the event of an emergency in small communities along the B.C. coastline.
  
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• Project to suck carbon out of sea begins in UK

  18-04-2025 02:20 via bbc.com
  A pilot project will test whether it is a useful way of fighting climate change.
  
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• New evidence finds Mars may have had conditions that could have supported life

  17-04-2025 20:02 via cbc.ca
  
  A new study led by a University of Calgary scientist has found evidence that suggests Mars once had a carbon cycle, giving further support for the habitability of the red planet.
  
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• Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet

  17-04-2025 15:08 via cbc.ca
  
  In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet's atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes.
  
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• New study shows increased pathogens near B.C. open-net salmon farms

  17-04-2025 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports, examined environmental DNA to determine the levels of bacteria, fungi and viruses previously shown to be harmful to wild salmon.
  
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• Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet

  17-04-2025 12:18 via bbc.com
  Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
  
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• Australia opposition leader clarifies he believes in climate change after debate

  17-04-2025 08:52 via bbc.com
  Peter Dutton is facing outrage after comments he made on climate change during an election debate.
  
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• The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans

  17-04-2025 02:11 via bbc.com
  
  Could discoveries of alien life ever change the human psyche in how we view ourselves and each other?
  
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• Telescope finds promising hints of life on distant planet

  17-04-2025 02:01 via bbc.com
  
  Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
  
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• When an earthquake hit, these elephants formed a protective circle around their youngest

  16-04-2025 23:31 via cbc.ca
  When the ground started shaking, a herd of African elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park formed a protective barrier, known as an "alert circle," around their youngest. Experts say it's a demonstration of their sharp instincts, effective communication skills and strong family connection. 
  
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• Ankylosaur footprints from Canada are first of their kind in the world

  16-04-2025 22:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists have identified fossil dinosaur footprints from a new species in B.C. and Alberta. They're believed to be the first tracks found in the world that were left by club-tailed ankylosaurs, offering new insights about gaps in the fossil record.
  
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• 1,900-year-old Roman papyrus details elaborate tax evasion scheme, research suggests

  16-04-2025 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Historians have deciphered a 1,900-year-old papyrus discovered in the Judean desert that details an elaborate tax evasion scheme, forgery and fraudulent sale and manumission of slaves by two men.
  
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• Colossal squid filmed in ocean for the first time

  16-04-2025 15:15 via bbc.com
  
  Stunned scientists say the extremely rare squid can weigh up to 500kg (1,100lb).
  
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• UK's rarest wildlife being 'pushed to extinction' by grass fires

  16-04-2025 10:32 via bbc.com
  Wildfires 'could spell the end' for rare species such as water voles and hen harriers.
  
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• England water pollution at 10-year high, campaigners say

  16-04-2025 05:24 via bbc.com
  Campaigners release official data showing the most serious pollution incidents in England are double the target.
  
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