Astrophysics

Child obesity is now more common than undernutrition – ...

Childhood obesity rates have surpassed those of undernutrition for the first tim...

Hedonistic habits could turn you into a mosquito magnet

A study of festivalgoers suggests that drinking beer and sharing a bed makes you...

Child obesity is now more common than undernutrition - ...

Childhood obesity rates have surpassed those of undernutrition for the first tim...

Jupiter is smaller and more squashed than we thought

The gas giant has been measured for the first time in decades, trimming 8 kilome...

A weird cloud forms on Mars each year and now we know why

Astronomers have struggled to explain why a long and thin cloud forms above Mars...

Early Neanderthals hunted ibex on steep mountain slopes

Ancient remains from a cave in Serbia show that Neanderthals were hunting mounta...

Deflecting a deadly asteroid just got a lot less dangerous

Our first attempt at shifting the orbit of an asteroid has provided crucial insi...

Britain's economy thrived after the withdrawal of the R...

An archaeological dig in northern England shows iron and lead processing continu...

Antibody cocktail could work as a universal flu treatment

A mix of three antibodies seems to protect mice against several strains of influ...

DNA cassette tape can store every song ever recorded

By combining the information storage capabilities of DNA with a design inspired ...

Asteroid Ryugu once had liquid water flowing through it

Samples retrieved from asteroid Ryugu indicate that it once had flowing water in...

Tiny structure in the brain could be driving how much y...

A part of the brain that is about the size of a sunflower seed in people could p...

NASA hasn't found life on Mars yet – but signs are prom...

A rock found last year on the surface of Mars offered tantalising evidence that ...

Gravitational waves finally prove Stephen Hawking's bla...

An exceptionally loud collision between two black holes has been detected by the...

We evolved to match local micronutrient levels, which m...

Most human populations evolved to cope with low or high local levels of micronut...

Iridescent mammals are much more common than we thought

It has long been claimed that only one mammal – the golden mole – has fur that s...

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