New research suggests bats can tolerate coronavirus and other viruses, offering hope for new approaches to fight viral diseases.
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New evidence suggests that rather than filling up gradually over 10,000 years or so, the Mediterranean Sea was refilled by an immense megaflood.
Are plants actively signalling to each other about impending dangers, or gossiping and eavesdropping on their neighbours?
Global trust in science high and the public want scientists to engage more, even if the priorities of science don’t align with their own.
Deep-sea scientists aim to answer two important questions - how did life begin on Earth, and can it be sustained both in, and outside, our Solar System?
Researchers have uncovered over 200 dinosaur footprints and five lengthy trackways in an Oxfordshire quarry showing two species potentially living side-by-side.
What do you prefer to see under your Christmas tree; simple packaged presents or overwrapped gifts?
Star-shaped cells in the brain help synchronise and maintain circadian rhythm using a chemical pulse; findings of a new study could have important implications for brain diseases.
Holidaymakers could reduce their carbon emissions by switching from air travel to rail, new research suggests.
Migration to cooler waters may not be enough to save a tiny marine organism essential to the ocean’s carbon cycle, new research has revealed.
In a surprising discovery, researchers have observed three ‘Red Monsters’ that developed in the early Universe.
Comparison of modern-day plankton with species from the ancient past shows modern plankton will struggle to survive in a warming world.
People around the world are facing record-breaking health threats because of climate inaction, but there is still hope for a healthy future, new report says.
How much power does a casino consume, and can we make the industry more sustainable and less energy intensive?
New research has placed the oldest and largest impact crater on the Moon 120 million years earlier than the most intense period of bombardment.
China has changed their policy on family size, allowing parents to have a maximum of three children, but what effect will this have on carbon emissions?
Thirteen years of research results in a map of billions of objects in the central regions of the galaxy.
The impact of one of the world’s most influential global climate patterns is much more far reaching than originally thought.
Wildfires are hastening carbon loss from ecosystems, reducing the volume of emissions that can be emitted while still avoiding the worst impacts of climate change.
New research into what causes lightning strikes could lead to a better understanding and real-time forecasting of thunderstorms in the future.