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A humungous temporary tentacle
The origami superpowers of a single-celled pond hunter, the protist Lacrymaria olor.
US bird flu response warning
Mice become the next to get it and expert Rick Bright calls for stronger counter measures
China: Scientific superpower
How has China reached the top spot of scientific research?
On the road to halting HIV
An injectable antiviral "PrEP" therapy that gives 100% protection against HIV infection.
Cleaner mining, cleaner batteries
Science in Action is at the UK's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.
Hurricane Beryl’s trail of destruction
Hurricane Beryl hit the Caribbean, before moving into Mexico and then Texas.
Destination Asteroid Apophis
The ESA is starting preparatory work for its next planetary defence mission.
The human cost of the decline of nature’s carcass cleaners
The loss of vultures in India may be responsible for half a million human deaths.
Examining Nasa's new evidence for Martian life
Mars rock found that may indicate it hosted microbial life billions of years ago
Detecting undetected bird flu cases
Cases of bird flu in farm workers in the US may be going underreported.
The spread of rabies into Cape fur seals
In June this year there was the first detected occurrence of rabies in Cape fur seals.
Fisheries mismanagement uncovered
Fishery assessment models overestimate the sustainability of the world’s fisheries.
Wow! A mystery signal solved
In 1977 astronomers recorded a strange radio transmission, perhaps even from aliens.
Concerning viruses found in fur farmed animals
A survey of diseased animals from fur farms has revealed potentially threatening viruses
A landslide-induced megatsunami in Greenland
The 200-metre-high tsunami sloshed between the cliffs of Dickson Fjord for nine days
Flash floods in the Sahara
The Sahara has been experiencing unusually heavy rainfall due to an extratropical cyclone
Historic weather extremes revealed using tree-rings
The jet stream has shaped extreme weather, influencing harvests, wildfires and epidemics
Excesses of rain
How much did climate change drive storm Helene?
Nobel convergence
A look at the stories behind the Nobel science prizes announced this week.
Marvels of life and death
As fish farming impacts grow, a look at some clever life-hacks at the extremes.
Betelbuddy and Silk Road Cities
Does the famous Betelgeuse have an orbiting companion, hidden in plain sight?
Global warming strikes again
The devastating floods around Valencia are easily attributable to climate change.
New ways to study coronaviruses
Scientists in Wuhan and the US unveil a new way to design virus receptors on human cells.
Drastic plastic reductions
Machine learning models suggest pathways to reduce global plastic waste by 91% by 2050.
Faster, wetter, worse tropical storms
Every 2024 Atlantic hurricane was intensified by warming climate, with categories raised.
Fifty years of Charm
Why November 1974 became known as the “November Revolution” in particle physics
Bovine H5N1 gets a sniff of humans
How a single mutation in bovine H5N1 flu can make it prefer human cells.
Warming oceans kill millions of birds
4 million sea birds died in Alaska as a result of a warming pacific.
Sun Grazing
The future of vaccinations, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, and the dawn of complex life.
Five years of Covid: Part one
Five years on from the emergence of Sars CoV-2, what have we learned?
Five years of Covid: Part two
