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Small and speedy animals perceive time faster than...
A comparison of 138 species finds that dragonflies perceive changes in their environment five times ...
COP15 biodiversity deal is ‘new era’ for Indigenou...
The agreement made at the COP15 biodiversity summit balanced a recognition of the importance of Indi...
DeepMind’s AI cuts energy costs for cooling buildi...
Research firm DeepMind has built an AI to optimise cooling systems in buildings. In tests, it reduce...
Living in trees may have given great apes vocal sk...
A comparison of consonant-like sounds in great apes suggests an arboreal lifestyle may have been a s...
Why are children catching so many illnesses this w...
Many countries in the northern hemisphere are seeing surges of childhood respiratory infections like...
Lyme disease may spread further by helping ticks s...
Ticks infected with the bacterium responsible for Lyme disease are more likely to survive winter, co...
This Venom-like magnetic slime robot was a big hit...
A magnetic slime robot that drew comparisons to the Marvel character Venom could navigate through na...
COP15: Treaty may unravel over last-minute dispute...
A landmark biodiversity agreement was hammered out at the COP15 biodiversity summit over objections ...
Lasers used to throw and catch single atoms for fi...
Extremely cold atoms were thrown with one laser beam and caught with another. The technique could be...
Male wasps use spiky genitals to defend themselves...
Male mason wasps have no sting, but they have spines on their genitals that can cause a pricking pai...
Mars has enough wind to power bases near the poles...
An analysis of the wind energy available on Mars finds that one well-placed turbine could enable a g...
Ichthyosaurs used a barren region of the ocean as ...
Marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs, which resembled whales and dolphins, seem to have gathered to g...
Countries agree landmark deal to halt global decli...
Nations have pledged to "reverse biodiversity loss" by 2030 at the COP15 summit, but campaigners say...
COP15: How much money do we need to stop biodivers...
Several high-income countries have made pledges at COP15 to fund programmes to protect biodiversity ...
COP15: What is the 30 by 30 biodiversity target an...
Under the 30 by 30 biodiversity target, countries would pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and se...
Strep A kills 500,000 people a year, so why isn’t ...
A vaccine for strep A may not be very profitable for pharmaceutical companies and there are technica...
Gout linked to 376 genetic variants in a study of ...
As well as being caused by eating an indulgent diet, gout has been linked to hundreds of genetic var...
Biggest science news stories of 2022 as chosen by ...
Nuclear fusion, infectious diseases and an incredible new space telescope were ongoing stories in 20...
