OpenAI’s chief economist says unpaid housework, largely done by women, could equal 15% of global GDP, as AI firms increasingly view homes as workplaces. For years, artificial intelligence has helped professionals draft emails, edit reports, crunch spreadsheets, and write code. Now it is moving into the home, taking on the invisible work of remembering, coordinating,…
A dolphin named Bubbles has surprised researchers with an unusual way of getting a meal near Lady Elliot Island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Seen in the area since at least 2017, the adult male common bottlenose dolphin has been filmed repeatedly chasing Bigeye Trevally until the fish regurgitate food, which Bubbles then eats. Researchers…
Europe’s wild honeybees are facing growing conservation concerns after new research found that their numbers could fall by a median of 56% over 10 years without new swarms from managed hives. According to the study published in the journal Conservation Science and Practice, titled ‘The wild honeybee population of Europe is in decline: Evidence from…
Lead Pigs found at dig in Ceredigion. Image Credit: National Museum Wales The discovery of two Roman lead blocks in Ceredigion has brought a nearly 2,000-year-old piece of Wales history back into view. Found by metal detectorists Nick Yallope and Peter Nicolas on grazing land at Llangynfelyn, the objects carry lettering linked to Emperor Domitian…
California acquired 640 acres near Pioneertown for western Joshua tree conservation (Image Credit: Department of Fish and Wildlife, State of California) A 640-acre desert landscape could become a refuge for one of Southern California’s most recognisable trees as the climate changes. California has acquired 640 acres of western Joshua tree habitat northwest of Pioneertown in…
Japan tested a subsea floating power-generation system in the Kuroshio Current in 2017, exploring how the Pacific Ocean’s powerful current could be used to produce renewable electricity. According to the official press release, IHI Corporation and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) completed the demonstration near Kuchinoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture. The system…
Representative Image (AI-genearted) A river once reshaped by human intervention is now being helped back to health by some of its smallest residents. About 1,500 rare native freshwater mussels were released into Alabama’s Paint Rock River on August 25, 2026, as part of a long-running effort to restore the watershed’s habitat and recover threatened species….
It seems there exists an established yet hidden cat calling system. According to scientists, cats identify one another through a shockingly durable chemical “calling card” made from 13 unusual fatty acids in their urine. Thus, feline friendships might have to do more with their identification than consistent meetings.Cats rely heavily on scent to learn about…
Jiaen Jiang – Student Researcher in Aerospace, PC: LinkedIn Jiaen Jiang, a 16-year-old student from Rosenberg, Texas, has won a $25,000 Davidson Fellows Scholarship for an engineering project designed to capture fine lunar dust before it enters future Moon habitats. Jiang’s project, called the Moondust Magnet, uses a bipolar interdigitated electrode array to create controlled…
PC: Alastair Rae/ Wikipedia Oilbirds spend their nights flying through tropical forests in search of fruit, but some of them take an unexpected approach to reach their feeding grounds. Some birds regularly returned to the same main cave after feeding. Others made long-distance trips but returned to the cave within three days. A third group…
