İsviçreli araştırmacılar, keçilerin insan iletişimsel ipuçlarını değerlendirme konusunda köpeklere benzer bilişsel yeteneklere sahip olduğunu ortaya koydu. Keçiler, araştırmacının yiyeceğin bulunduğu kovaya doğru konuştuğu durumlarda %60 başarı oranı gösterdi.
The Major Oak, a 1,200-year-old tree in Sherwood Forest linked to Robin Hood legends, is believed to have died after failing to sprout leaves this spring. Conservationists cite soil compression from visitors over centuries as a likely cause, hindering water access to its roots.
Brasil, com apoio do Ministério Público e instituições científicas, trabalha para repatriar fósseis e patrimônios naturais e culturais de pelo menos 14 países, combatendo o 'colonialismo científico'.
Soumya Swaminathan, an Indian physician and scientist, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, becoming the first Indian daughter-father duo with this honor, following her late father MS Swaminathan. She is also the second Indian woman to receive this prestigious award.
Public toilets in England have fallen by 14% over the past decade, with 15,481 people sharing each public toilet compared to 8,500 in Scotland and 6,748 in Wales, according to Royal Society for Public Health analysis. The RSPH warns this creates lavatory 'deserts' that harm public health, force people to restrict fluid intake, and lead to public urination. The organization is calling for new legal duties on strategic authorities and developer requirements to include public toilets in developments.
Janusz Pawliszyn, a 71-year-old internationally renowned analytical chemist and recipient of the Chemical Institute of Canada's highest honour, has joined Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou as a professor. Pawliszyn, who was appointed a Canada Research Chair in 2003 and became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010, has supervised over 110 master's and doctoral students along with nearly 200 postdoctoral students and visiting scholars, many from China. One of his former postdoctoral fellows, Ouyang Gangfeng, now serves as dean of the university's school of chemical engineering and technology.
