There’s a third species of manta ray gracefully gliding through the seas, a recent study has confirmed. Researchers have named the newly described species, found in the western…
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Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua, water bearer to Tsavo’s wild, died June 18, 2024, aged 51
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.
It began with a buffalo. The animal lay slumped…
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NASA Tests Research Aircraft to Improve Air Taxi Flight Controls
Flying the friendly skies may one day include time-saving trips in air taxis to get from point A to point B – and NASA researchers are currently working to make that future a reality.
They are using wind tunnel and flight tests to gather data…
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‘I was really geeking out over it!’ Archaeology student strikes medieval gold in first dig
An archaeology student from Florida struck gold in the U.K. just 90 minutes into her first-ever excavation, when she discovered a rare ninth-century artifact that may have had a religious or ceremonial use.
“I couldn’t believe I’d found something…
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Survey Shows a Lack of Coordination between Primary and Oncology Care
Understanding a patient’s journey is a crucial, yet often overlooked, aspect of cancer care that can significantly influence survivorship outcomes. A dedicated team of researchers at the University of…
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Reducing the Number of Wires on a Quantum Chip
• Physics 18, s110
Experiments show that one of the standard electrode types for semiconductor-based quantum processors isn’t needed.
Tapping into computer-chip technology is one of the advantages to building a…
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The US could really use an affordable electric truck
As Andrew Hawkins pointed out in The Verge this week, “Ford seems to realize its timing is unfortunate.” During the announcement, executives emphasized that this was a bet, one that might not work out.
CEO Jim Farley put it bluntly: “The…
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Harvard team builds sunlight-powered disc to explore mesosphere
Researchers have demonstrated a lightweight disc-like device that can float in the mesosphere, a part of the atmosphere between 30 and 60 miles above Earth’s surface.
The proof-of-concept device was designed by a team from Harvard’s John…
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‘Microwave brain’ chip for ultrafast, wireless computing unveiled
Cornell University researchers have developed a low-power microchip called ‘microwave brain’ – a processor that can compute on both ultrafast data signals and wireless communication signals using the physics of microwaves.
Integrated…
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Why You Can’t Trust a Chatbot to Talk About Itself
When something goes wrong with an AI assistant, our instinct is to ask it directly: “What happened?” or “Why did you do that?” It’s a natural impulse—after all, if a human makes a mistake, we ask them to explain. But with AI models,…
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