Sunlight transforms wildfire smoke into toxic air
Wildfire season isn’t just about charred forests and hazy skies anymore. The smoke from those fires is doing…
Dear Annie: It’s impossible to hide newborn’s genetic disease, but pushy strangers take things too far
Dear Annie: My husband and I have a large family, and earlier this year we welcomed our newest…
What looks like dancing is actually a bug’s survival trick
If you happen to be walking in the forests of Panama, you might just come across a bug…
Antarctic sea ice strongly influences global warming
Climate science has often been compared to solving a grand puzzle. Each new study reveals another piece, showing…
Mesmerising image of 3.2 billion characters to show genetic make up
The hypnotising visual is designed to help people ‘stand inside their insides’. It represents a genome – the…
The Exercise That Takes Off 20 Years
After all, what you don’t use, you lose. That goes for muscle—but also for bone, the respiratory system,…
‘Used to be quite a rare phenomenon’
The seas that surround the U.K. have hit their warmest temperatures on record, forcing changes to some aquatic…
Overcoming chromosomal roadblocks in banana breeding
Bananas (Musa spp.) are both a staple food and a major cash crop for millions of people in…
Hot wind seen blasting out from the Milky Way’s black hole Sgr A*
At the heart of our galaxy sits a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). In addition…
A Preliminary View of 3I/ATLAS from Mars | by Avi Loeb | Oct, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full sizeStacking images from the Mastcam-Z camera on the Perseverance…
Spin-out raises £2m for new gene-editing tool
A UK company that has developed a novel gene-editing tool has raised £2m to expand its commercial work…
What Would Happen If A Plane Flew Near A Black Hole?
In the world of Hollywood flicks and science fiction, black holes are…