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‘Sleeping on it’ really does help and four other recent sleep research breakthroughs
During the past decade, there has been a surge of interest from researchers in the...
More than a third of urban Chinese live in sinking cities – here’s what they can do
Across the world, many cities are slowly sinking
Understanding how ions flow in and out of the tiniest pores promises better energy storage devices
Modern life relies on electricity and electrical devices, from cars and buses to...
Depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder linked with ancient viral DNA in our genome – new research
Retroviruses are viruses that insert a copy of their genetic material into the DNA...
Synced brains: why being constantly tuned in to your child’s every need isn’t always ideal
Humans connect with each other by synchronising in many ways
Dyson spheres: astronomers report potential candidates for alien megastructures – here’s what to make of it
There are three ways to look for evidence of alien technological civilisations
New fossil brings us a step closer to unravelling the mystery of feather evolution
Strong but light, beautiful and precisely structured, feathers are the most complex...
How Neanderthal language differed from modern human – they probably didn’t use metaphors
The Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public...
Climate engineering carries serious national security risks − countries facing extreme heat may try it anyway, and the world needs to be prepared
The historic Paris climate agreement started a mantra from developing countries:...
As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans
Ensuring a better future for coral reefs will require building up coral biorepositories,...
Fossil beetles found in a Botswana diamond mine help us to reconstruct the distant past
When most people think of fossils they probably picture bones
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Hadeda ibises’ ‘sixth sense’ works best in wet soil: new research is a wake-up call for survival of wading birds with this superpower
Hadeda ibises (Bostrychia hagedash) are one of the most familiar species of birds...
Cement is a big carbon emitter and quality is costly: a civil engineer explains
Every year the world uses 4 billion tonnes of cement to make the concrete that goes...
How newborn chicks are helping to settle a centuries-old debate about cognition and our senses
For most of us, creating mental images based on speech or memory is very easy
Are we really about to talk to whales?
The past decade has seen an explosion of new research into some of the most fascinating...
Why evolution often favours small animals and other organisms
Small really does seem to be beautiful in evolutionary terms