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  • Jagged ambush bug

    Climate crisis has impact on insects’ colours and sex lives, study finds

    Scientists fear adaptations to global heating may leave some species struggling to mate successfully
  • A woman sits at a table working on her laptop

    AI prompts can boost writers’ creativity but result in similar stories, study finds

    Ideas generated by ChatGPT can help writers who lack inherent flair but may mean there are fewer unique ideas
  • The remains of a pig footed bandicoot (Chaeropus ecaudatus)

    ‘It’s like looking at ghosts’: inside the Australian Museum’s extinction cabinets

    When people encounter the cabinets cataloguing the mammals wiped out since colonisation, they often cry. But what is the most useful way to grieve the destruction of a species?
    • UK needs Covid-style push on dementia drugs, says ex-head of vaccine taskforce

    • If King Charles is fist bumping all over the place, should we be doing it too?

    • Scientists design spacesuit that can turn urine into drinking water

  • person's hands wearing gloves holds instruments on green  object

    Elon Musk says Neuralink will test brain implant on second patient in ‘next week or so’

  • Green-and-golden bell frogs peek out of round holes in masonry bricks painted dark grey

    The age of extinction
    ‘Frog saunas’ could save species from deadly fungal disease, study finds

  • Spanish slug sitting on an onion

    Britons asked to pop a slug in the post to help science

  • Bones of a skeleton piled on a rough surface

    Neolithic population collapse may have been caused by plague, researchers say

  • Mulleted mammoth called Chris Waddle helps scientists crack creatures’ genetic code

  • Scientists uncover genetic disorder that may affect thousands around world

  • Herring gull chicks would rather have fish than your chips, finds study

  • Summer games previews
    A child’s-eye view of the universe: Curiosmos makes space simulation fun

  • Science Weekly
    ‘Lesbian’ seagulls and ‘gay’ rams: the endless sexual diversity of nature – podcast

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    ‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers

  • Images of brain MRIs

    Night owls’ cognitive function ‘superior’ to early risers, study suggests

    Research on 26,000 people found those who stay up late scored better on intelligence, reasoning and memory tests
  • 100 dollar bill frozen in ice cube

    Pass notes
    You can take it with you! The billionaires freezing themselves for another chance at life – and riches

    No self-respecting plutocrat wants to cheat death by cryopreservation, only to find they are now penniless. Can the lawyers help?
  • An artist's impression of a Comptonatus chasei

    Dinosaur unearthed on Isle of Wight identified as new plant-eating species

    Comptonatus chasei roamed island 125m years ago and is most complete dinosaur fossil found in UK in a century
  • Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum in Fly Me To the Moon.

    Fly Me to the Moon review – slinky Scarlett Johansson in cynical moon-landing conspiracy comedy

    This misjudged and unfunny romcom about how the US government planned to fake the moon landing in case the real one tanked undermines the Apollo 11 achievement
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