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Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in IberiaBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 Researchers at the University of Cologne have developed a simulation model to examine how Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans may have encountered each other on the Iberian Peninsula during ... more  
Economic losses from natural disasters down by a third in 2025: Swiss ReZurich (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 Global economic losses from natural disasters are projected to have dropped by 33 percent to $220 billion in 2025, despite the damage wrought by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer Swiss Re said Tuesday. ... more  
Kangaroos adjust hop posture to keep energy use steady at speedSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 Researchers have shown how kangaroos increase hopping speed without a rise in energetic cost by changing posture to boost elastic energy storage in their tendons at higher speeds. The study, c ... more 
RNACOREX maps cancer RNA networks to predict patient survivalPamplona, Spain (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 University of Navarra researchers have created RNACOREX, an open-source software tool that reconstructs gene regulatory networks from RNA data and applies them to cancer survival analysis. The team ... more |
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Salt rejecting hydrogel design targets long life solar desalinationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 Researchers from Hebei University of Technology and Tsinghua University have developed a zwitterionic hydrogel evaporator that maintains high solar desalination performance while resisting salt crys ... more  
TanDEM X marks 15 years mapping Earth in 3DBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 Exactly 15 years ago, in December 2010, the German TanDEM-X mission began routine radar imaging of Earth to produce a global digital elevation model, launching a long-running Earth observation progr ... more 
Viral resistant bacteria still help drive deep ocean carbon transportLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 Marine bacteria help determine whether carbon remains near the ocean surface or sinks to deeper waters, but they live under constant threat from infection by viruses known as phages and frequently m ... more  
Flights cancelled, roads flooded as rare storm soaks UAEDubai (AFP) Dec 19, 2025 UAE airport authorities cancelled or delayed dozens of flights and roads were flooded in major cities as the heaviest rainstorm in months lashed the desert nation on Friday. ... more |
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India's parliament passes bill to open nuclear power to private firmsNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 18, 2025 India's parliament on Thursday passed legislation to open nuclear power generation to private companies as part of the government's ambitious plan to nearly triple clean energy production within six years. ... more |
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Hydrogen plays part in global warming: studyParis, France (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 Hydrogen has long been touted as a possible solution to the climate crisis, but it could also be a small part of the problem, a study warned on Wednesday. ... more  
EU move to ease combustion-engine ban 'historic mistake': Spain PMMadrid (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 The European Union's decision to walk back a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars is a "historic mistake", Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday. ... more 
Spain to set up national climate shelter network: PMMadrid (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Wednesday that Spain would set up a national network of climate shelters to help people survive increasingly severe heatwaves. ... more  
Trump administration plans to dismantle leading climate centerWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 The Trump administration intends to dismantle one of the world's leading climate research institutions over what it said on Tuesday were concerns of "climate alarmism," despite opposition to the plan. ... more |
 
Global coal demand expected to hit record in 2025: IEAParis, France (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 Global coal consumption is expected to hit a record in 2025, the IEA said Wednesday, thanks in part to policy measures introduced by the Trump administration to boost the industry. ... more  |
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Brazil megacity Sao Paulo struck by fresh water crisisJoanopolis, Brazil (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 Brazil's megalopolis Sao Paulo faces a new water crisis as the lowest rainfall in a decade has turned its main reservoir into mere streams surrounded by cracked earth, prompting water rationing. ... more  
Bible 1.0: How Ancient Canon Became Our First Large Language ModelsSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Modern large language models are treated as something radically new: vast statistical machines trained on almost everything humans have written, and able to regenerate knowledge on demand. Yet in structural terms, humanity has worked with something similar for millennia. ... more  
Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks likeAtlanta GA (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing. ... more  
Deep ocean quakes linked to Antarctic phytoplankton surgesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 Stanford researchers have identified a direct link between deep ocean earthquakes and the size of recurring phytoplankton blooms in the Southern Ocean. Phytoplankton are microscopic, plant-lik ... more |
Insect radar survey finds vast summer air traffic above United StatesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 Around 100 trillion insects are estimated to be flying above the contiguous United States on a typical summer day, according to a new analysis that uses weather radar networks to quantify aerial ins ... more 
Ligament clues refine picture of how early hominins movedBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 When scientists reconstruct how fossil hominins moved, they usually examine bone morphology and muscle attachment sites to track the evolution of bipedalism, but soft tissues such as joint ligaments ... more 
Ocean warming drove past Greenland ice stream retreatLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 New research reconstructs how warming ocean waters triggered a major retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS) over the past 20,000 years, providing context for its current instability. ... more 
SAR11 ocean bacteria form distinct ecological teams across coastal and open watersSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 A study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology has identified how SAR11, one of the ocean's most abundant bacterial groups, diversifies into dis ... more |
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Tundra fire surge reshapes Arctic landscapeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 Wildfires on Alaska's North Slope have been more active in the last century than at any point in the previous 3,000 years, according to a study published in the journal Biogeosciences. The research ... more 
Turkmenistan's battle against desert sandBokurdak, Turkmenistan (AFP) Dec 18, 2025 Residents in the remote Turkmen village of Bokurdak have long depended on the Karakum Desert for their livelihoods, cultivating every square metre they can in a constant battle with nature. ... more 
German government backs wolf hunting to manage wild packsBerlin (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 The German government on Wednesday backed legislation that would allow regular hunting of wolves in order to manage populations in areas with large packs. ... more  
UK experiences sunniest year on recordLondon (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 Britain might be known for its damp and grey climate, but it recorded its sunniest year on record in 2025, meteorologists announced on Wednesday. ... more |
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EU proposes indefinite approval for some pesticidesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 The EU proposed Tuesday to grant indefinite approval for some pesticides - barring the most hazardous - in a push to cut red tape and costs for companies criticised by environmental groups. ... more |
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Arctic sees unprecedented heat as climate impacts cascadeWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a US science agency announced Tuesday, as climate change triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening landscapes and disruptions to global weather. ... more 
Thousands of glaciers to melt each year by mid-century: studyParis, France (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a study showed on Monday. ... more 
Nepal starts tiger census to track recoveryKathmandu (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 Nepal launched on Tuesday a nationwide tiger census, a key step in conservation efforts to aid the recovery of the big cats that once faced near extinction in the Himalayan nation. ... more  
Ancient bee nests found inside Caribbean cave fossilsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Paleontologists working in a cave on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola have documented the first known example of fossil bee nests constructed inside pre-existing fossil cavities in mammal and othe ... more |
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