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How a surprising twist on rewilding could help set...
We’ve pumped huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that needs to be paid back. Large an...
Water can turn into a superacid that makes diamond...
Simulations suggest that water can become a superacid under extremely high heat and pressure conditi...
Greenland has gained over 1600 km of new coastline...
Melting ice is revealing new coastal zones in the Arctic, but while this new landscape might fuel sp...
Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA...
It's not a just a revolutionary and safe vaccine technology – mRNA could help make the best and most...
Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type ...
Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or...
NASA has made the first radio telescope observatio...
The Odysseus spacecraft made a rough landing on the moon last year, toppling over and rendering much...
Classrooms decorated like woodlands seem to slow m...
Spending a lot of time outdoors may be the best way to prevent myopia, or delay its progression, but...
German company set for first commercial rocket lau...
Isar Aerospace is preparing to launch its Spectrum rocket from a base in Norway, which would make it...
A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented ...
Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might n...
Relics in Tutankhamun’s tomb hint he invented elab...
Tutankhamun ruled ancient Egypt shortly after a period of religious instability, and objects from hi...
Why you should slow down your brain’s ageing – and...
Many of us have a brain that is older than our years. But there are plenty of things you can do to c...
Monkeys choose babysitters based on who has more p...
Young female black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys often want to hold other females’ infants, but mothe...
Nuclear fusion fuel could be made greener with new...
Lithium-6 is a crucial material for nuclear fusion reactors, but isolating it is challenging – now r...
Two-fingered dinosaur used its enormous claws to e...
A dinosaur fossil discovered in Mongolia boasts the largest ever complete claw, but the herbivorous ...
AI can forecast the weather in seconds without nee...
While earlier weather-forecasting AIs have replaced some tasks done by traditional models, new resea...
We’re finally learning how perimenopause profoundl...
The hormonal upheaval in the run-up to menopause can cause cognitive difficulties. But researchers a...
Scientists push back against US attacks on science...
At the largest gathering of physicists in the world, the American Physical Society says it won’t bac...
New Scientist recommends Weather Girl, an electrif...
Weather Girl, a play in London's Soho Theatre about a weather forecaster who finally snaps as the cl...
