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In Namibia, lions are the kings of the beach | Science End-shutdown
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After almost 40 years, desert lions are back to hunt marine prey along Namibia’s Skeleton Coast, where scientists believed unconsciousness had passed out. Hemi / Alamy This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication on science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. In a desolate stretch of Namibia’s […]
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Soluble organic molecules in samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu | Science End-shutdown
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft collected samples from the surface of the carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu and brought them back to Earth. The samples were expected to contain organic molecules, which record processes that occurred early in the Sun…
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Why are Purple Martins in the US on the decline? | Science End-shutdown
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Purple martins perch on a branch in the Brazilian Amazon. Ramiro Dario Melinski Brazilian ecologist Jonathan Maycol Branco had a problem. Unlike the migratory birds he was studying, he couldn’t fly north. In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic had prevented the University of São Paulo graduate student’s plans to head to Northern Arizona University to complete […]