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Science
Five facts about the gruesome beauty of solitary wasps
Most people recognise a wasp as those stripy insects who ruin our summer picnics
Over 100 years of Antarctic agriculture is helping scientists grow food in space
Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to demonstrate...
Nuclear isomers were discovered 100 years ago, and physicists are still unraveling their mysteries
Nobel laureate Otto Hahn is credited with the discovery of nuclear fission
Future COVID-19 booster shots will likely need fresh formulations as new coronavirus variants of concern continue to emerge
Being up to date on COVID-19 vaccines means having had three or four doses of the...
Ukraine diaries: our ethnographic correspondent documents the war
On 15 April 2022, I travelled to Ukraine, intending to stay there for a month
Hotter Kalahari desert may stop hornbills breeding by 2027
Rapid climate change has the potential to strongly influence the physiology, behaviour...
‘Masked’ cancer drug stealthily trains immune system to kill tumors while sparing healthy tissues, reducing treatment side effects
Many cancer treatments are notoriously savage on the body
Morocco, Israel sign first science, technology collaboration deals
Israel and Morocco signed an agreement yesterday to cooperate in science and technology...
Man who flew on umbrella announces aim to become Turkiye's first astronaut
A man who became famous in Turkiye three years ago by flying with a giant umbrella...
AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts, but they won’t replace human experts
A century ago, English mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson proposed a startling idea...
China’s population is about to shrink for the first time since the great famine struck 60 years ago. Here’s what it means for the world
China accounts for more than one sixth of the world’s population
Monkeypox Q&A: how do you catch it and what are the risks? An expert explains
The latest outbreak of monkeypox has, at the time of writing, reached 17 countries...
Managing fish stocks shared by nations must focus on the impacts of climate change
Shared fish stocks of hundreds of marine species have been historically exploited...
Genetic mutations can be benign or cancerous – a new method to differentiate between them could lead to better treatments
Most of the roughly 40 trillion cells of your body have nearly identical copies...
Female engineer: 'We can take Palestine to space and beyond'
When Bayan Abu Salameh enrolled in a mechanical engineering degree, she was one...
5 technologies that will help make the food system carbon neutral
Globally, about one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture...