The last two years have seen unprecedented falls in the levels of sea ice around Antarctica, which serves as a protective ...

This year hasn’t been a great one for the environment, so a book about the long history of environmental damage may be a hard sell. However, this isn’t just a litany of woe. It unpicks the ...

Our organs don't seem to age at the same rate, which could mean healthy habits are particularly important at certain times of ...

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Comparing historical heat extremes with climate simulations has revealed that in parts of the world the models are ...

Footprints preserved on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya seem to be from two ancient human species, showing they lived ...

Robotic equipment can implant electrodes into cockroaches and connect them to an electronic backpack, making it feasible to ...

Physicists have long wondered why particles can only have an electric charge of +1, -2 or any whole number. Now we ...

About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and ...

Tiny robots designed to carry out environmental or industrial tasks could be powered by tricks involving surface tension ...

An analysis of hundreds of bromalites – fossilised faeces and vomit – shows how changes in diet enabled dinosaurs to take ...