Spiders inspired biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring
The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes…
‘My gender is like an empty lot’ − the people who reject man, woman and any other gender label
When I asked Manisha to describe her gender identity, she gave a simple answer: “Meh.”…
How the physics of baseball could help Kevin Gausman and the Blue Jays win the World Series
There are few sports more exciting than playoff baseball, but behind every pitch there is…
People with this rare visual condition see illusory faces more often, new study shows
When you look at clouds, tree bark, or the front of a car, do you…
why some people’s brains cling to the idea that aliens are real
The latest absurdist offering from Yorgos Lanthimos, director of The Favourite and Poor Things, hits…
Solar storms have influenced our history – an environmental historian explains how they could also threaten our future
In May 2024, part of the Sun exploded. The Sun is an immense ball of…
A sensational archaeological hoax made science front-page news in 1920s France
In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not…
Rare reptiles are moving up mountains as the world warms. They can’t keep doing it forever
In pockets of highlands across Australia’s east lives a shy and secretive lizard. It’s usually…
New images reveal the Milky Way’s stunning galactic plane in more detail than ever before
The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous…
AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter
Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a…