12+ hour, 37+ min ago   (861+ words) The Rufous-collared Sparrow is one of Bogota’s most familiar birds. Known locally as the copeton, meaning roughly “the crested one,” the small brown-and-gray bird takes its Colombian name from the short crest of feathers found on the male’s head, called…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (534+ words) The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European climate monitoring agency, maintains that last August was the hottest month on Earth since records began. The global average temperature during August was 16.96 °C, that is, 0.85 °C above the 1991 to 2020 average. The record…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (345+ words) A study published in Nature has presented the most persuasive evidence so far that ancient life may have once existed on Mars. The findings, based on observations from NASA’s Perseverance rover, will need to be confirmed through detailed examination of…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (542+ words) The Japanese project is based near Minamitorishima, a remote island in the western Pacific about 1,900 km (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo. Researchers have identified rare-earth-bearing mud on the seabed at depths of several kilometers, including deposits containing yttrium. Japan has already…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (793+ words) Indonesia reopened all eight airports closed by volcanic ash from Anak Krakatau on Tuesday, Sept. 8, restoring air operations after an eruption disrupted 2,961 flights and affected about 341,000 passengers. Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport resumed operations shortly after midnight, followed by seven other…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (594+ words) Construction workers in Belgium found a gold stash valued at about US$10.5 million while installing sewer pipes at a former brewery property in Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Authorities said the discovery included 49 gold bars and more than 4,000 gold coins. Eight…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (626+ words) From the towering pyramids of Egypt to the stepped temples of Mexico and the monumental structures of Peru, one question has fascinated historians, archaeologists, and travelers for generations: Why did so many ancient civilizations build pyramids despite having no contact…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (471+ words) A group of twelve high school students from a school in Envigado, Antioquia, won an important recognition at the youth robotics world championship in the United States, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST). The group, called Lightning…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (224+ words) Tamesis has more than 1,500 engravings on 120 rocks, and for that reason it is considered the place with the greatest concentration of these drawings in Colombia. Most of the petroglyph discoveries in the municipality have been made in the rural communities…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (579+ words) Colombia is home to a wide variety of fruits that are an important part of the country’s regional culinary identity. Among them is cholupa, an indigenous fruit particularly associated with the department of Huila, where its cultivation and consumption have…...