A tragic accident on the high-speed train line between Andalusia and Madrid has exposed the urgent need to upgrade Spain’s railway system.
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Spain high-speed train crash: Signaling vulnerabilities could be key to understanding the accident
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Koala overpopulation in South Australia prompts call for humane fertility management
Research into South Australia’s koala populations, led by Dr. Frédérik Saltré from UTS and the Australian Museum, provides the first comprehensive population estimate for the region and identifies a cost-effective, humane solution to stabilize…
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How to involve men and boys in tackling misogyny? Start by treating them not just as perpetrators
Almost half (45%) of teachers across primary and secondary schools in the UK describe misogynistic attitudes and behavior among boys as being a problem, according to a YouGov survey in 2025. Additionally, 54% of secondary school teachers indicate…
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I think I'm grinding or clenching my teeth. Why? And can anything help?
Day or night, many of us grind or clench our teeth, and don’t even realize we’re doing it. Here are three questions to ask yourself.
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The Secret to Amazing Coffee May Lie Deep Inside Elephants : ScienceAlert
The je ne sais quoi that gives Black Ivory coffee its smooth, chocolatey flavor may lurk deep in the bowels of Earth’s largest land animals.
According to a new examination of the microbes that live in the guts of Asian elephants (Elephas…
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How shifting tectonic plates drove Earth's climate swings
Carbon released from Earth’s spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ice ages and warm climates, new research finds.
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Medieval ‘super ship’ found wrecked off Denmark is largest vessel of its kind
Archaeologists have discovered a massive medieval shipwreck sitting at the bottom of a strait off Denmark.
The 600-year-old ship was a cog: a round, single square-sailed vessel that was one of the most advanced ship types in the Middle Ages. At…
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Ion trap enables 1 minute in the nanocosmos
At the Department of Ion Physics and Applied Physics at the University of Innsbruck, a research team has succeeded for the first time in storing electrically charged helium nanodroplets in an ion trap for up to one minute.
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Simple equations predict hydrogen storage in porous materials
A new set of simple equations can fast-track the search for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a Nobel-Prize-winning class of nanoporous materials that are promising candidates for clean hydrogen energy storage. With millions of possible MOFs to…
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Ancient Mesopotamian medical texts reveal the role of divine sanctuaries in treating ear and spleen ailments
In a study published in the journal Iraq, Dr. Troels Arbøll analyzed medical prescriptions from ancient Mesopotamia to understand and re-evaluate the role sanctuaries played in the healing process. The study found that specific ailments,…
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