Sewage technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds
Outbreaks may be addressed sooner by avoiding need for sending stool samples abroad Polio could be detected in wastewater in half the time using a...
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Spot the difference: why drongos are likely to clock African cuckoo eggs 94% of the time
Zambia study finds egg variability and random nest selection by cuckoos helps fork-tailed drongos rumble impostors Cuckoos might be the ultimate avian con artists, laying...
Giant sloth pendants indicate humans settled Americas much earlier than thought
Scientists studied jewelry made from now extinct creatures and theorize that humans arrived in Americas 27,000 years ago New research suggests humans lived in South...
Industrial Revolution iron method ‘was taken from Jamaica by Briton’
Wrought iron process that drove UK success was appropriated from black metallurgists, records suggest An innovation that propelled Britain to become the world’s leading iron...
Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm?
Rising temperatures in north Atlantic and drop in Antarctic sea ice prompt fears of widespread damage from extreme weather “Very unusual”, “worrying”, “terrifying”, and “bonkers”;...
Developing country voices ‘locked out of the room’ at UN plastic waste talks
Limits on NGO numbers at Paris summit mean some of those ‘most needing to be heard’ will not feature Scientists and NGOs have accused the...
Injectable HIV-prevention drug to be made in South Africa for the first time
Indian drug company to make cheaper generic version of CAB-LA, potentially protecting millions of people in Africa from the virus An affordable version of a...
Benin bronzes made from brass mined in west Germany, study finds
Metal used for west African artworks was acquired from manilla bracelets, the grim currency of the slave trade Scientists have discovered that some of the...
‘In awe’: New Zealand aurora hunters entranced by unusually bright southern lights display
Recent auroras have been so intense they have been visible as far north as Auckland The lure of unusually vibrant views of the southern lights...
Two new species of yeast named after Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips
Discoveries that could help diabetics titled in honour of activist and journalist murdered in Amazon Scientists in Brazil have found two new species of fermenting...
