Named Haliotis pirimoana, the newly-identified gastropod species is only found at Manawatāwhi Three Kings Islands, off New Zealand’s North Island. Shells of Haliotis pirimoana from Manawatāwhi Three Kings Islands (A-D) and Haliotis virginea (E-G). Scale bar – 5 mm in (A-C) and 0.5 mm in (D-G). Image credit: Jean-Claude Stahl. Abalones (family Haliotidae) are herbivorous
Around a fifth of U.K. citizens believe Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials, and an estimated 7% believe that they have seen a UFO. The figures are even higher in the U.S. — and rising. The number of people who believe UFO sightings offer likely proof of alien life increased from 20% in 1996 to
The kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) is a living species of flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand. The kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus). Image credit: Jake Osborne. “Our research had prompted a rethink of our native fauna,” said Canterbury Museum’s Dr. Paul Scofield. “Many of the species that we thought of as iconic New Zealand natives — a classic
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede has an ancient impact structure called a furrow system. This system is the largest impact structure in the outer Solar System, and the impact should have significantly affected Ganymede’s early history. Distribution of furrows and location of the center of the furrow system shown in the hemisphere that always faces away from
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing photo of the lens-shaped spiral galaxy IC 4709. IC 4709’s swirling disk filled with stars and dust bands is beautifully captured by Hubble, as is the faint halo surrounding it. The color image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys
A team of researchers from Finland and Norway has identified two potential antivirulence compounds for enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) infections among bacterial metabolites harvested from strains of marine actinobacteria Kocuria and Rhodococcus from the Arctic Sea. The T091-5 strain of the genus Rhodococcus. Image credit: Pylkkö et al., doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1432475. “We show how advanced screening
Updated 2 months ago · Published on 11 Sep 2024 4:00PM · The Sarawak DAP assemblyman for Pending, Violet Yong, has claimed that the Autonomous Rapid Transit hydrogen tram project in Kuching will cost up to a shocking RM6 billion. – Facebook pic, September 11, 2024. THE SARAWAK DAP assemblyman for Pending, Violet Yong, has claimed
Home Hydrogen Second European Hydrogen Bank auction with €1.2 billion budget is officially open December 3, 2024, by Ajsa Habibic The European Commission (EC) has officially opened the second auction under the European Hydrogen Bank, via the Innovation Fund (IF24), to allocate €1.2 billion from EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) revenues to support producers of hydrogen categorized as
Paleontologists have identified a new species of the extinct armadillo genus Parutaetus from fossilized osteoderms collected in the state of Paraná in southern Brazil. Hypothetical artistic reconstruction of Parutaetus oliveirai in the Middle-Late Eocene of Brazil. Image credit: Márcio L. Castro. Parutaetus oliveirai inhabited South America between 42 and 39 million years ago (Middle-Late Eocene
The Neanderthal groups that inhabited a cave in what is now Spain approximately 46,000 years ago gathered and collected fossils, according to a paper published in the journal Quaternary. Marine fossils from Prado Vargas Cave, Spain. Image credit: Ruiz et al., doi: 10.3390/quat7040049. Collecting is a form of leisure, and even a passion, consisting of
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ , a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. The U.S. Department of Energy is rolling out the first installment of its $1 billion commitment to ramp up clean hydrogen production in the Midwest, part of a bid by the Biden administration
