nature
Orangutan population up but threats remain
Posted in Featured, Science on 6th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Orangutans are the world's largest tree-climbing mammal - and Asia's only great ape.
Bees Could Engineer Next-Generation Energy Storage
Posted in Science on 10th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Energy storage could be the next item on the list when it comes to listing all the reasons we need to save the worlds bee population from collapse.
Bee virus spread manmade and emanates from Europe
Posted in Featured, Science on 5th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
The spread of a disease that is decimating global bee populations is manmade, and driven by European honeybee populations, new research has concluded.
Public contributions to science increasingly common
Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Biology and ecology have a long tradition of citizen science. Researchers relied on the public to observe and classify animal and plant species for over 100 years.
We narrowly missed a new ice age, and now we wont see one for a very long time
Posted in Science on 13th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
An ice age is not going to happen any time soon. Our current breakneck emissions of greenhouse gases have ensured that.