Astronauts may be able to make cement using their own pee (sciencenews.org) en
Lunar dust and a compound found in urine could be used to build future dwellings on the moon, a new study finds.
A four-holed piece of ivory provides a glimpse into ancient rope-making (sciencenews.org) en
The tool, unearthed in Central Europe, suggests that locals made devices for stringing together sturdy cords over 35,000 years ago, researchers say.
Cow poop emits climate-warming methane. Adding red algae may help (sciencenews.org) en
Adding a type of methane-inhibiting red algae directly to cow feces cut down methane emission from the poop by about 44 percent, researchers report.
A new device can detect the coronavirus in the air in minutes (sciencenews.org) en
The detector can sense as a few as seven to 35 coronavirus particles per liter of air — about as sensitive as a PCR test but much quicker.
These researchers are reimagining animal behavior through a feminist lens (sciencenews.org)
So Kamath went to Florida, where she identified individual anoles and tracked their movements day in, day out. Kamath studied the anoles “in a larger area, in a longer period of time than anyone else had ever done,” says Losos, who is now at Washington University in St. Louis. But instead of revealing territorial...
