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The chinstrap penguin population on Zavodovski Island, in the South Sandwich Islands, has fallen by almost two thirds since 2011, according to a study by the British Antarctic Survey. The island, described that year as the world's largest penguin colony, has lost that title.
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[Daily Maverick] Way back in 1901, Western scientists celebrated the sensational 'discovery' of a very strange, unicorn-like creature in the dark and humid depths of an African rainforest.
The Milky Way’s massive black hole is rapidly rotating, and a star in an unprecedentedly close orbit could help measure its spin The post Fastest star in the Milky Way feels the rotation of our…
The agency said the Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly a key measure of El Niño conditions is forecast to reach approximately 3.7 degrees Celsius above average between October and December…
A new study in the Journal of Political Economy turns the gender confidence gap on its head: women aren’t less confident than men—they’re just more accurate.
US scientist Karl Deisseroth had a memorable way of sharing the news that he had won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. In images released by Stanford University, Deisseroth can be seen telling his two…