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Evolution May 30, 2024

Study shows cuckoos evolve to look like their hosts—and form new species in the process

The theory of coevolution says that when closely interacting species drive evolutionary changes in each other this can lead to speciation—the evolution of new species. But until now, real-world evidence for this has been ...

Environment May 30, 2024

Sleight of hand: Australia's Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas

In announcing Australia's support for fossil gas all the way to 2050 and beyond, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pushed his government's commitment to net zero even further out of reach.

Economics & Business May 30, 2024

Orangutan diplomacy: Why Malaysia's scheme is attracting criticism before it starts

Malaysia plans to gift orangutans to major economic partners, as a way of improving its international image and building alliances. The "orangutan diplomacy" plan was confirmed by the nation's plantation and commodities minister, ...

Biotechnology May 30, 2024

Fully automated detection robot promotes efficient soil testing

A research team developed new equipment that achieved fully automatic and unmanned detection of soil nutrients (such as organic matter, available potassium, available phosphorus) and heavy metals (including Pb, Cd, Hg, As, ...

Agriculture May 30, 2024

Clues from bird flu's ground zero on dairy farms in the Texas panhandle

In early February, dairy farmers in the Texas Panhandle began to notice sick cattle. The buzz soon reached Darren Turley, executive director of the Texas Association of Dairymen: "They said there is something moving from ...

Astronomy May 30, 2024

Astronomers explore the properties of a peculiar stellar stream

Using ESA's Gaia satellite and the MMT Observatory, astronomers have investigated a peculiar stream of stars in our galaxy named Theia 456. Results of the study, published May 21 on the pre-print server arXiv, deliver important ...

Ecology May 29, 2024

Students say they've found an 'eco-friendly' way to trap and kill Japanese beetles

Aditya Prabhu loved eating the peaches off the tree in the backyard of his mom's house. The only problem was the plant produced only a few fruits a year because Japanese beetles in the hundreds would eat at the leaves, depleting ...

Plants & Animals May 29, 2024

Complete X and Y chromosome sequences of living great ape species determined

Newly generated, complete "end-to-end" reference genomes for the sex chromosomes of five great ape species and one lesser ape species—produced by an international collaborative team led by researchers at Penn State, the ...

Economics & Business May 28, 2024

Economists report on a modest intervention that helps low-income families beat the poverty trap

Many low-income families might desire to move into different neighborhoods—places that are safer, quieter, or have more resources in their schools. In fact, not many do relocate. But it turns out they are far more likely ...

Plants & Animals May 27, 2024

Researcher says not every exotic species needs to be controlled

Certain invasive exotic species, such as the red swamp crayfish, are harmful to our environment because they nibble on aquatic plants, dig burrows in banks, and transmit crayfish plague to native species. "But there are also ...

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