Intricate silk helps net-casting spiders ensnare prey in webs
Rufus net-casting spiders can tune the stiffness and elasticity of their webs thanks to loops of silk, scanning electron microscope images reveal.
Month: February 2026
Delegates talk, rangers trek as interest in Arctic security grows
Delegates from across the circumpolar world are in Whitehorse for Arctic summit as Canadian Forces prep for an epic trip from Herschel Island to Churchill
Louvre Museum director resigns amid heist, ticket fraud scandals
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the head of Paris’s Louvre Museum, which has been grappling with the fallout from a
Scientists find genetic ‘switch’ in mice that turns caring dads into violent brutes
A new study suggests that the Agouti gene in the brains of male African striped mice can act as a molecular “switch,” making them caring
IN PHOTOS | Vigils held globally to mark the 4-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
As fighting entered its fifth year on Tuesday, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is being commemorated in ceremonies around the world.
14,000-year-old ivory tools found in Alaska hint at how Clovis ancestors first arrived in the New World
Ancient artifacts unearthed in Alaska revealed migrants from Asia might have come to the Americas via an inland route, and not a coastal path.
Far fewer people are related to Genghis Khan than previously assumed, new genomic study suggests
Some experts have suggested as many as 1 in 200 men in the world are related to Genghis Khan. But a new genomic study reveals
Nigeria denies report it paid ‘huge’ ransom to free pupils in mass abduction
The rebuttal was followed by news the police chief was resigning a year before the end of his term.
Ukraine remembers its dead as war enters a fifth year
Events were held across Ukraine to mark four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
US ambassador to France set for talks with foreign minister after row
Charles Kushner has spoken to France’s foreign minister after failing to respond to a summons on Monday.
Mexico hunts 23 inmates sprung from jail during wave of violence
The prisoners escaped from a jail in Puerto Vallarta after armed men rammed one of the gates.
Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere
For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary
Man convicted of first-degree murder to be second person executed in Florida this year
A man convicted of killing a shop owner during a robbery is set to become the second person to be executed in Florida this year.
US re-asserts 2025 strikes ‘obliterated’ Iran’s nuclear programme
The White House comment comes after a senior Trump aide said Iran is a week away from having material for nuclear bomb.