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Male moths make their own perfume from flowers to ...
Tobacco budworm moth males gather a sweet-smelling chemical from flowers and release it from hairy a...
Is it possible to drill a hole straight through a ...
Could we bore a hole through the centre of Earth? What would it be like to fling yourself through it...
The best new science fiction books of August 2023
From speculative novellas by Josh Malerman to a first venture into science fiction from H is for Haw...
Our solar system might be 1.1 million years older ...
A new analysis of small flecks in meteorites calculates the age of the solar system as 4.5684 billio...
Essential molecule for life spotted floating in sp...
Carbonic acid, an important component of amino acids, has been seen in a cloud of gas near the centr...
Arctic foxes help create habitats as ‘gardeners’ o...
Satellite images support the claim that Arctic foxes promote the growth of the lush vegetation seen ...
Energy-storing concrete could form foundations for...
A mixture of cement and fine charcoal can become a supercapacitor that could someday charge homes or...
Nightingales match the pitch of their rivals in si...
Male nightingales respond to each other’s songs by whistling back at the same pitch when competing f...
What will the UK push for more North Sea oil and g...
The UK’s plan to issue new oil and gas licences will make a minimal impact on North Sea production l...
Euclid space telescope sends back amazing first im...
The European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope launched on 1 July, and now it has delivered its first ...
Which dietary supplements actually work and which ...
From vitamin D to turmeric extracts and probiotics, nutritional supplements are a booming industry. ...
Wild bees are rapidly shrinking due to global warm...
Bees in a well-preserved Spanish wilderness weigh less than they did decades ago, possibly because r...
Swimming behind someone cuts drag by up to 40 per ...
Swimmers in open water races can reduce the amount of drag forces they experience by swimming behind...
Room-temperature superconductors: Here's everythin...
Truly convenient materials that can conduct electricity perfectly have long been sought after by res...
Rats have a 'laugh centre' in their brains that re...
A region of the midbrain in rodents appears to be instrumental in enabling rats to engage in laughte...
Women may age fastest during their 30s and 50s
A woman may be most likely to give birth in her 30s and go through the menopause in her 50s, with th...
Intermittent fasting could boost immunity in addit...
Immune cells are more effective at fending off pathogens when they use ketones – which are produced ...
Loss of smell may be an early sign of Alzheimer's ...
People who carry a genetic variant that raises the risk of Alzheimer's disease may start to lose the...
