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Science
Frank Drake has passed away but his equation for alien intelligence is more important than ever
How many intelligent civilisations should there be in our galaxy right now? In 1961,...
How do ants crawl on walls? A biologist explains their sticky, spiky, gravity-defying grip
Walking vertically – or even upside down – is a piece of cake for ants
Tiny algae could help fix concrete’s dirty little climate secret
4 innovative ways to clean up this notoriously hard to decarbonize industry
Radiocarbon dating only works half the time – we may have found the solution
Dating is everything in archaeology. Exciting discoveries of ancient burial sites...
Africa’s dinosaur discoveries: five essential reads
Few prehistoric creatures generate as much excitement and awe as dinosaurs
Sleeping fish? From sharks to salmon, guppies to groupers, here’s how they grab a snooze
Could you explain how fish sleep? Do they drift away on currents, or do they anchor...
Birds migrate along ancient routes – here are the latest high-tech tools scientists are using to study their amazing journeys
Although it still feels like beach weather across much of North America, billions...
Ghost islands of the Arctic: The world’s ‘northern-most island’ isn’t the first to be erased from the map
In 2021, an expedition off the icy northern Greenland coast spotted what appeared...
Diet can influence mood, behavior and more – a neuroscientist explains
During the long seafaring voyages of the 15th and 16th centuries, a period known...
Heat waves + air pollution can be a deadly combination: The health risk together is worse than either alone
On the morning news, you see the weather forecast is for high heat, and there is...
Dolphins use signature whistles to represent other dolphins – similarly to how humans use names
Bottlenose dolphins’ signature whistles just passed an important test in animal...
Rivers worldwide are running dry – here’s why and what we can do about it
Rivers around the world have been drying up recently. The Loire in France broke...
What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet?
It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least...
The world is getting exponentially more complex – here’s how we navigate it
Living organisms, our planet and even the entire universe are getting ever more...
Artemis 1: maiden flight of spacecraft set to take humans back to the Moon – here’s what needs to go right
A launch window – the period during which a rocket must be launched to reach its...
Imperiled Ukrainian nuclear power plant has the world on edge – a safety expert explains what could go wrong
Russian forces occupy Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear...