Category: 7. Science

Re Anjana Ahuja’s column “Chimps are better at reasoning than we think” (Opinion, November 12), the findings remind us how thin the line is between human and animal intelligence.

The experiments described highlight that chimpanzees, much…

by Clarence Oxford

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025

Sierra Space announced completion of a series of critical pre-flight tests for its Dream Chaser spaceplane at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, marking progress toward the vehicle’s…

Blue Origin successfully launched its huge New Glenn rocket on Thursday with a pair of Nasa spacecraft destined for Mars. It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos’s company and Nasa are counting on to ferry people and…

Researchers have discovered an impact crater formed on a granite mountain capped by a thick weathering crust in southern China. Located in Zhaoqing in China’s Guangdong province, the Jinlin crater is one of only about 200 identified craters…

The previously unknown species of leafhopper, belonging to the genus Batracomorphus, were found during fieldwork in Uganda by Dr Alvin Helden of Anglia Ruskin University.

The name Batracomorphus derives from the Greek for…

The previously unknown species of leafhopper, belonging to the genus Batracomorphus, were found during fieldwork in Uganda by Dr Alvin Helden of Anglia Ruskin University.

The name Batracomorphus derives from the Greek for…

The population of short-finned pilot whales in the water around Hawai’i need to eat millions of squid each year to keep up their deep-diving lifestyle, according to a new study.

To find out how much these dolphins need to eat, the team tagged…