Science

Researchers say pet cats wrongly blamed for injuring native wildlife

University of Queensland researchers say the threat posed by pet cats to Australian wildlife could be overstated, but other experts disagree.

Bananas! Surprise as back garden plant bears fruit

Stephen Hind believes the current hot temperatures and climate change have encouraged the fruit.

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Steps Up COP32 Preparations As FM Gedion, Fabius Discuss Lessons From Paris Climate Deal

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and COP32 President-Designate, Dr. Gedion Timothewos, held high-level discussions today with Laurent Fabius, President of COP21, as the country continues preparations to host the…

Africa: The Ocean Is Not Fragmented. Power Is.

[African Arguments] On 16-18 June in Mombasa, the Our Ocean Conference met on African soil for the first time, and over 100 governments, businesses and civil society organisations announced 320 new commitments valued at $6.4 billion to…

Mysterious honeycomb pattern on Mars puzzles NASA scientists

Study of Botticelli paintings reveals muse behind 'Venus' died of tumour

A new study in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism suggests a diagnosis that could explain the death of Simonetta Vespucci, Botticelli’s muse, using facial recognition technology.

Interactive map predicts farming decline from climate change by end of century

A CSIC team in Barcelona has developed CADI, a platform that, on a 10‑kilometre grid, estimates how much farmland will lose productivity to climate change by 2100. In Spain, inland areas fare worse than the Cantabrian coast.

Interactive map predicts climate-driven farm decline by end of century

A CSIC team in Barcelona has developed CADI, a platform that forecasts, on a 10‑kilometre grid, how much farmland will lose productivity to climate change by 2100; Spain’s interior fares worse than the Cantabrian coast.

Interactive map predicts agricultural decline from climate change by end of century

A CSIC team in Barcelona has developed CADI, a platform that uses a 10-kilometre grid to estimate how much farmland will lose productivity to climate by 2100; in Spain, inland areas fare worse than the Cantabrian coast.

Sun Life Philippines wins two awards at Insurance Asia Awards 2026

Sun Life Philippines has been recognized for excellence in both innovation and employee engagement, winning two honors at the Insurance Asia Awards 2026: • Insurance Product Innovation of the Year – Philippines for Sun Life EasyLink…

GILGIT-BALTISTAN has emerged as Pakistan’s climate ground zero

For decades, the country’s climate emergency was narrated from its floodplains: Sindh’s submerged villages, Punjab’s swollen tributaries, the 2010 and 2022 disasters . These were the consequences of a deeper story. The origin has abruptly…

Suspects in American scientist’s slay nabbed in rapid succession

BACOLOD CITY—Police took down in rapid succession the three suspects in the alleged robbery and brutal killing of American national Kent Edward Carpenter in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, on Sunday, the Police Regional Office-Negros Island…