Dragonflies drop their bling when it gets too hot — and climate change spells trouble
The wing bling could be making male dragonflies too hot for their own good.
Cows could help us in the plastic crisis — with the bacteria in their guts
Cows giveth, cows taketh away.
Welcome to the mesmerizing (and soothing) world of timelapse sheep herding
What if I told you the coolest thing you'll see today is sheep herding? Well, brace yourself. Almost like a...
The UK’s per capita emissions haven’t been this low in 150 years
Britain's greenhouse gas emissions haven't been this low since the Industrial Revolution -- and the difference maker is coal.
How we know climate change is happening — and that we’re causing it
We're way past the point of doubts on this one.
Anglo-Saxons were largely a group of immigrants unified by language and culture — not genetics
Being an Anglo Saxon was more a cultural thing than a genetic thing.
CRISPR could save billions of male chicks every year. Here’s how
It's an invention that could end a tsunami of animal suffering.
An AI algorithm just completed a famous Rembrandt painting
... and they say computers can't create art.
Alien observers from 1,700 star systems could already be aware that there’s life on Earth
Researchers estimate that 29 of those are potentially habitable.
The Delta variant is a serious threat, and unvaccinated people are increasingly at risk
Vaccinations can help reduce transmission, but we're nowhere near to herd immunity.
The world’s first mRNA vaccine against cancer is now being trialed
The same technology used in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines could now help us fight cancer.
In two British woodlands, half of the trees were planted by jays
The birds helped regenerate two fields previously used for agriculture.
The mystery of an abandoned village in England that can still be seen from the sky
There are around 2,000 deserted villages in England, but Gainsthorpe is perhaps the most mysterious of them.
When South African bees reproduce asexually, they make near-perfect clones of themselves
Why even bother with sexual reproduction?
Freed of 1,000 years of grime, this Anglo-Saxon cross looks stunning
Restoration work revealed the stunning level of detail in this Viking-era cross.
Almost half of the goals scored in football (soccer) have some sort of randomness to them
Football is a surprisingly random game.
Space pups: mouse sperm stored on International Space Station produces healthy offspring
There are no superpowers but also no genetic damage.
Swallowed whole: lobster diver swallowed and spat out by humpback whale
"Oh my God, I'm in a whale's mouth", the diver wrote on Facebook.
A supercomputer helped set up the World Chess Championship game
The supercomputer practice was well worth it.
Emissions from food production are vastly underestimated, a new study claims
The food on our plates is an important contributor to climate change.