Pointing originates from touch
Study sheds new light on how babies start to communicate.
Electricity and water can be a good combination
Saudi researchers hope they can bring them together in one system.
Children rising : meet the Earth’s future custodians
Science students as young as 12 years old have created inventions to address the planet’s most pressing problems.
Arctic ice reveals 1500 years of progress and pollution
Lead concentrations tell a story of humans and their environment.
Going on safari? A disruptive empowerment revolution offers wildlife tours with a difference.
Putting safari ownership in the hands of local guides offers a deeper experience while empowering communities and promoting wildlife conservation.
Male elephants stick together when humans are around
Behavioural adaption is creating a new social order, research suggests.
Isolation makes spiders aggressive
Research shows they are a lot happier staying in groups.
Racial bias has its roots in sensory perception
Research shows neurons respond differently to white and black faces.
Could hemp be the next big thing in sustainable cotton, fuel, wood and plastic?
A hemp revolution is brewing – and the opportunities are endless.
Artificial intelligence can prevent enormous amounts of damage and water loss from building leaks
Sophisticated machine learning can detect hidden water leaks and provide smartphone alerts in real time.
Higher body weight connected with lower risk of Lou Gehrig’s disease
Carrying excess weight is linked to a plethora of chronic health conditions, but ALS is not one of them.
Killing with kindness: captive-bred migratory butterflies don’t migrate
Crowd-sourced conservation plan for Monarchs appears to be backfiring.
Calling innovators to join the circular economy challenge
The world’s waste crisis is spurring innovations to create circular economies.
For food production, diversity brings strength
Higher crop diversity could have a substantial impact on stabilising national food harvests and mitigating sharp declines in yields.
11 million people now have jobs in renewable energy
The growing trend should inspire confidence in renewables by more countries as technologies improve and costs go down.
Elephant poaching spikes in Botswana, endangering the species
Poaching of African elephants for ivory has escalated in northern Botswana, a region that was previously one of the safest for the animals.
New gaming app set to inspire the next generation of conservationists
A new, fun gaming app is in the works to teach children how to care for exotic and endangered animals and return them to the wild.
Water sensitive cities are leading the way in urban water management
As the planet faces escalating extremes of weather and temperatures, effective urban water management is more critical than ever.
