Science
'Divorce' rates are higher in birds that travel long distances
Break-ups are more common in bird species with longer migrations, probably because...
A daily dose of aspirin raises the risk of falls among...
In a trial of more than 16,000 people over 70, those who took a low-dose of aspirin...
Dismissing environmentalists with an 'anti-growth' label...
The idea that environmentalists are part of the Tories’ imaginary “anti-growth coalition”...
Hieroglyphs: Unlocking ancient Egypt review: Two hundred...
Cracking Egypt's hieroglyphic code was one of humanity’s greatest feats. A riveting...
Unpiloted military helicopter flies 134 km in simulated...
A retrofitted Black Hawk helicopter flew autonomously between mountains to deliver...
Gel-based encryption can only be unlocked with key of light...
A chemical gel can reveal a secret sequence of numbers if given the right "password"...
Most ‘home compostable’ plastic doesn’t break down in garden...
A study involving 1600 UK volunteers found that 60 per cent of plastics labelled...
Why the US military could replace spy satellites with solar...
The US military has spent billions of dollars on spy satellites and supersonic surveillance...
Smartphones can reveal whether bridges are about to fall...
The accelerometers in our smartphones collect information as we travel over bridges,...
Cane toads fling their tongues so hard the recoil slaps...
The first X-ray footage of a toad gulping down a meal reveals that its tongue recoils...
Neutrinos have been spotted coming from a strange, shrouded...
Cosmic neutrinos are tough to track – it has only been done once before – but researchers...
Tonga eruption's volcanic plume reached above the stratosphere...
The plume ejected by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano in January entered the...
A weird dead star may have a solid-like surface made of...
X-ray observations show that a distant magnetar may have a surface made of a strange...
When will a vaccine for RSV be available in the US?
The US has seen a huge surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, mostly...
World’s largest plant for making methanol fuel from CO2...
The first commercial-scale plant for making methanol from carbon dioxide will save...
Glass device can tell objects apart without needing a computer
A device that uses a piece of glass with little bumps on it can distinguish objects...
