Astrophysics

Ancient whale might have been the heaviest animal that ...

A whale that lived around 39 million years ago could have weighed as much as 340...

Your gut microbiome is linked to your fitness and biolo...

Altering the gut microbiome via probiotics could one day help people to maintain...

Artificial spider silk could help us harvest drinking w...

Helical bumps on artificial fibres can carry 2000 times more water than the volu...

Ancient Babylonian arson in Jerusalem revealed by chemi...

By analysing charred remains of a Jerusalem building, archaeologists have uncove...

Oldest adult jellyfish fossil ever found is over 500 mi...

A fossil discovered in Canada reveals that jellyfish developed the swimming stag...

NASA has regained contact with Voyager 2 after losing i...

After accidentally turning the Voyager 2 spacecraft away from Earth and losing c...

Lead exposure linked to higher risk of engaging in crim...

Higher exposure to lead in childhood is associated with a greater likelihood of ...

Male moths make their own perfume from flowers to attra...

Tobacco budworm moth males gather a sweet-smelling chemical from flowers and rel...

Earth's early warmth may be explained by methane-making...

A chemical process that produces methane without living organisms could have war...

Is it possible to drill a hole straight through a planet?

Could we bore a hole through the centre of Earth? What would it be like to fling...

Our solar system might be 1.1 million years older than ...

A new analysis of small flecks in meteorites calculates the age of the solar sys...

Essential molecule for life spotted floating in space f...

Carbonic acid, an important component of amino acids, has been seen in a cloud o...

Arctic foxes help create habitats as ‘gardeners’ of the...

Satellite images support the claim that Arctic foxes promote the growth of the l...

Energy-storing concrete could form foundations for sola...

A mixture of cement and fine charcoal can become a supercapacitor that could som...

Nightingales match the pitch of their rivals in singing...

Male nightingales respond to each other’s songs by whistling back at the same pi...

What will the UK push for more North Sea oil and gas re...

The UK’s plan to issue new oil and gas licences will make a minimal impact on No...

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