Why do snakes flick their tongues?
Kurt Schwenk is a professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. This story originally featured on…
European airlines have been lobbying against EU climate plans
By Adam Vaughan A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 waiting to take-off at Dusseldorf international airport, Germany Clynt Garnham Aviation/Alamy Several European…
Best Nintendo Switch Games: RPG, Indie, or 2-Players | Popular Science
The Nintendo Switch is undoubtedly a less powerful games machine than the PS5, Xbox Series S/X, or a top-of-the-line gaming…
The New Scientist Photography Awards 2021 are now open for entries
By Timothy Revell MarioGuti/Getty Images Are you a budding photographer? Then you should consider entering our exciting new photography competition.…
Rhino Anti-poaching Campaign Goes Nuclear
Now researchers from Wits University and its partners hope a pioneering research project using radioactive isotopes injected in a rhino’s…
Best Prime Day Deals: Amazon Prime Day 2021 | Popular Science
Why wait for Black Friday? With Amazon Prime Day 2021, you can score the best deals online on thousands of…
DARPA drone interceptor seems to be armed with a form of Silly String
By David Hambling The US has developed a drone interceptor that fires what appears to be a form of Silly…
Smaller Bodies, Longer Wings, Earlier Migrations: Untangling the Multiple Impacts of Climate Warming on Birds
Some of the birds collected at Chicago’s McCormick Place that are in the Field Museum collections, including an eastern meadowlark…
Climate change and nature loss must be tackled together, says report
By New Scientist and Press Association Restoring native woodlands can help protect against climate change as well as boost nature…
Rare but Possible: COVID-19-Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults
In rare cases, adults who have recovered from COVID-19 may develop multisystem inflammatory syndrome, and clinicians should consider this possibility…
Your ears give off alcohol and a test can reveal how much you’ve drunk
By Clare Wilson Ordinary ear defenders can be modified to detect blood alcohol levels Creativ Studio Heinemann/Getty Forget blowing into…
Clash of the Titans: Hubble Spots a Cataclysmic Cosmic Collision
By ESA/Hubble June 20, 2021 Hubble Space Telescope image of the interacting galaxy pair IC 1623, which lies around 275…
