Scientific opinion on space and high technologies

Scientists from the University of the Basque Country have discovered for the first time in Northern Europe the remains of Neanderthals with damage characteristic of the practice of cannibalism. Writes about this Scientific Reports

How many calories are in a person and why cannibalism is not beneficial

For the first time, biologists from the University of Durham filmed a male gray seal catching, drowning, and then eating a cub. Scientists suggest that this may be how seals increase their chances of breeding. They do not have to go to sea for food and leave their territory

American scientists have found that the superiority of ordinary king snakes over the larger representatives of the suborder is associated with the mechanism of entwining and squeezing the victim

Scientists have conducted the most detailed analysis of the winter migration of giant sharks and concluded that efforts to protect the species must be international in nature

New research into evidence from John Franklin's expedition to the Arctic in 1845-847 confirmed cannibalism among the crew of ships and revealed eerie details of the sailors' meals

The download speed of the "Internet from Elon Musk", developed under the Starlink program, exceeded 100 megabits per second. This is still a long way from what SpaceX expects to see in the end

Christmas miracle: northern white rhinoceros, whose last male died two years ago, has another fragile chance to save the species

Modeling has shown that with a pessimistic development of events, the ocean ecosystem will face massive death already in the current decade, and in the 2040s, the disaster will also cover the inhabitants of the land

Chronic ear diseases could be the reason for the extinction of our "cousins"

Fruit flies have a neural circuit that prevents their brains from activating in response to sunlight if the ambient temperature is below comfortable temperatures

North American relatives of sparrows were capable of such long and difficult flights that they threaten them with extinction

Scientists have told why there was a mass extinction 250 million years ago. The reasons for the phenomenon were associated with the activity of volcanoes

For the safety of prisoners and control over their behavior, the prison of the future will use a smart video surveillance system, special bracelets with sensors and robots to search for drugs in excrement

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) reports the first successful SPECULOOS observations to find potentially habitable planets outside the solar system

Analysis of hundreds of records of yawns in different species of mammals and birds showed that it lasts the longer, the larger the animal's brain and the more neurons it contains

Radars recorded an unusual formation that appeared over the territory of the United States. The proposed explanations for the phenomenon do not suit anyone

Pigments that determine the color of the shell help maintain the temperature of embryo development in the egg

We still don't know why giraffes developed their long necks - and recently, another hypothesis has emerged

Scientists have developed a packaging material made from chitin and cellulose. It will keep food fresh longer than usual plastic