The Great London [05/15/22] 

  • Mauritius: Dodos might have been quite intelligent, new research finds

    New research suggests that the dodo, an extinct bird whose name has entered popular culture as a symbol of stupidity, was actually fairly smart. The work, published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, finds that the overall size of the dodo's brain in relation to its body size was on par with its closest living relat…

  • Indonesia: Biggest exposed fault on Earth discovered

    Geologists have for the first time seen and documented the Banda Detachment fault in eastern Indonesia and worked out how it formed.Pulau Banta island in the Banta Sea [Credit: Jialiang Gao/WikiCommons]Lead researcher Dr Jonathan Pownall from The Australian National University (ANU) said the find will help researchers assess dange…