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Abandoned fishing nets that once threatened marine life around Hawaii are being turned into electricity through a programme established in 2002. The Hawaii Nets to Energy Program collects discarded nets from fishermen and local removal groups before processing them for combustion at Honolulu’s H-Power waste-to-energy facility. According to NOAA Ocean Today, 832 tons of fishing…

East Asian forests may conceal countless undiscovered fungi, with challenging terrain and seasonal growth complicating scientific exploration. Hidden among the roots of trees in China’s lush forests, an extraordinary organism has emerged as a reminder that nature still has plenty of surprises in store. Rising nearly 20 inches above the forest floor and weighing close…

Mark Zuckerberg with his wife Priscilla Chan in 2014. Image Credit: Wikipedia Researchers at Biohub, an organisation backed by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative co-founded by Priscilla Chan, have identified potential new drug targets for psoriasis by combining AI with genetic screening. The study, published in Nature Communications, discovered 2 biological pathways that could help control…

Millions of Americans will gain an extra hour on Sunday, November 1, when daylight saving time ends and clocks go back by one hour. But while the change may appear to offer a welcome chance to sleep longer, it can still leave some people feeling tired, groggy or out of step with their usual routine…

(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons) Dreaming is an experience we often associate with humans but is it something that only humans experience? Scientists have long been curious to ascertain what may happen when other animals fall asleep. While certain sleep behaviours have been observed in mammals and birds, much less is known about how sleep works…

An Italian farmer who planted unidentified seeds found in his family’s attic ended up rediscovering a little-known heritage wheat variety that could offer useful lessons for agriculture facing climate change. As reported by Smithsonian Magazine, Claudio Grossi, a farmer near Parma in northern Italy, discovered that one of the plants growing from the seeds produced…

AI representation of the device in demonstration in front of an infrared camera Back in the day, watching Harry Potter, we all wanted the invisibility cloak. Maybe it sounded impossible then, but now researchers have developed a groundbreaking invisibility cloak that can actually hide complex objects from infrared cameras while protecting them from extreme heat…

Representative Image of a 10-meter ichthyosaur fossil displayed in a museum, highlighting its significance during the Jurassic period (AI-generated image) A 10-metre ichthyosaur discovered on a secluded beach near Bridport in Dorset has gone on display at Bridport Museum, bringing an unusual Jurassic fossil into public view. Belgian fossil hunters Michel Plissart and his partner…

Scientists have captured rare footage of tiny Southeast Asian snakes performing rapid cartwheels to escape danger, revealing an unusual form of movement that allows the reptiles to travel at speeds of up to 12 feet per second. The findings, published in Current Biology on October 19, 2026, were reported by Science News, Live Science and…

PC:  University of Pennsylvania Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania tracked 10 fruit fly populations in outdoor enclosures for four months, documenting rapid genetic changes as the seasons shifted from summer to autumn. The experiment, conducted in Pennsylvania in 2014, found that natural selection influenced genetic variant frequencies at more than 60% of sites across…