Controversial pesticides may be lowering the sperm count of bees
Widely used neonicotinoid pesticides may harm the fertility and viability of male honeybees, contributing to the collapse of bee populations (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Bye bye Philae! Comet team to lose touch with lander for good
The intrepid comet lander is finally going quiet - but you will have a chance to pay your respects (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: solar system space Source Type: research
Missing craters on Ceres may have been smoothed by a mud facial
Ceres has surprisingly few large craters for a dwarf planet located in an asteroid belt, but its muddy composition could have wiped away the biggest impacts (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Dolly the sheep ’s poor health may not have been due to cloning
Four sheep cloned from the same animal as Dolly are all in good health at the age of 9, suggesting Dolly ’s osteoarthritis may not have been caused by cloning (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Whooping crane recovery puts human chick ‘ parents ’ out of a job
Humans in costume reared captive chicks and flew in light aircraft to guide the cranes' migration, but now the population has grown it's back to nature's way (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
New Zealand to wipe out all rats as part of alien eradication
The country ’s prime minister calls the NZ$28 million venture to wipe out rats, stoats and possums by 2050 the most ambitious conservation project ever attempted (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Amazon to begin UK delivery drone trials to make them safer
The firm wants to deliver parcels to private addresses over a short distance as part of its Prime Air initiative - now it will get the chance to test its technology (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
US and UK fall behind in largest ever global study of height
While English-speaking countries have high rates of obesity, their citizens are nowhere near as tall as the average heights of the Netherlands and Latvia (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 25, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Revealed: the teenage brain upgrades that occur before adulthood
Editing, pruning and strengthening of neuron connections in adolescent brains makes for sleeker performance – but errors may cause schizophrenia (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 25, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Zika epidemic could burn out in 3 years but return after 10
Herd immunity could drive the Zika epidemic in South and Central America to an end, but some 93 million people could be infected before then (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 25, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
California ’s fires force evacuation of people and exotic animals
The wildfires have destroyed at least 18 houses in northern Los Angeles and a movie set so far (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 25, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Dragnet to find Turkey coup plotters is harming academic freedom
The autonomy of research and academic institutions in Turkey has long been under attack but is now facing an existential threat, says Caghan Kizil (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 22, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Power, fame and the LHC: A machine at its peak
The Large Hadron Collider is more than a particle accelerator: it is a celebrity in its own right (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 22, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: antiquarks Cosmology Higgs boson LHC particle physics protons Standard Model Source Type: research
Mars rover Curiosity gets licence to shoot its laser at will
After nearly four years on the Red Planet, the Curiosity rover has received an upgrade from NASA allowing it to use its ChemCam laser without human intervention (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 21, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Mars rover Curiosity gets license to shoot its laser at will
After nearly four years on the Red Planet, the Curiosity rover has received an upgrade from NASA allowing it to use its ChemCam laser without human intervention (Source: New Scientist - Cancer)
Source: New Scientist - Cancer - July 21, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
