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Hugh Jackman. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Hugh Jackman has backed a major Australian wildlife conservation campaign after making a surprise video appearance at the inaugural Koala Gala organised by the Southern Highlands Wildlife Sanctuary(SHWS). The event marked the public launch of a fundraising drive focused on protecting wildlife habitat, expanding research and creating new conservation…

Sanat Pandit, the Ann Arbor sixth-grader whose $300 firefighting drone extinguished 18 of 20 outdoor test fires (Image Credit: Society For Science) A sixth-grader from Ann Arbor, Michigan, has developed a low-cost firefighting drone designed to help tackle one of the most dangerous challenges faced by firefighters: reaching and suppressing fires without putting people directly…

Oak Ridge scientists spent eight weeks 3D-printing a nearly 2-ton steel mold measuring 6 feet tall (Image Credit: Baker Industries) A team at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has spent eight weeks 3D-printing a massive steel mold that stands 6 feet tall, measures 4 feet wide and weighs nearly 2…

Scientists have built a 3D-printed robotic rattlesnake and used it to study how animals respond to the snake’s distinctive warning display. Researchers at El Paso Zoo tested the robot on 38 species, comparing reactions when the model was silent with responses when its rattle was activated. The study found that animals showed stronger fear responses…

Pic credit: Dave Titensor, University of Utah After losing his arm 17 years ago, Alexander Avi Davidson, 33, can finally feel the sense of touch again. Thanks to a revolutionary bionic arm developed by University of Utah researchers, he can control the prosthesis with his thoughts and receive sensory feedback through it. Davidson is the…

In 1878, Adeline Hornbek established a homestead in Colorado’s Florissant Valley, bringing with her years of experience in frontier life, cattle work and raising a family through repeated upheaval. She was no stranger to rebuilding. By then, she had already lost husband, raised children through difficult circumstances and watched an earlier ranch destroyed by a…

Representative Image of two high-mountain lakes in Catalonia’s Alt Pirineu Natural Park experiencing ecological recovery after minnow eradication (AI Generated Image) Researchers have confirmed the complete eradication of introduced minnows from two high-mountain lakes in Catalonia’s Alt Pirineu Natural Park, with early signs of ecological recovery recorded 10 months after the intervention. Surveys at Tres…

According to scientists, the South American cactus moth primarily attacks Opuntia species, commonly known as prickly pear cactus. It can also occasionally affect Nopalea, Cylindropuntia and Consolea species. A pest once deliberately moved around the world to solve an agricultural problem has become a problem of its own. According to a report by the USDA’s…

A forest can return without being planted, but the pace and character of that recovery can depend heavily on what happens at the beginning. In southern Costa Rica, researchers have been following three different restoration approaches for about two decades, allowing them to compare how much woody biomass accumulated under each one. Some plots were…

India’s space growth marks a shift from building space capabilities to building strategic autonomy, commercial depth and sustained presence beyond Earth. For decades, the central question was whether India could design, build and launch increasingly complex spacecraft on its own. That question has been answered across multiple fronts, from indigenous launch vehicles and navigation systems…