All five of Earth's largest mass extinctions linked to global warming
There have been five particularly large extinction events in Earth’s history, and for the first time all of them have been linked to global warming
Fake news gets shared more when it is angry and anxiety-inducing
An analysis of fake news shared on social media service Weibo has found that posts flagged as fake news were more like to contain words associated with anger than real news
Which animals are benefitting from coronavirus lockdowns?
It isn’t true that dolphins have returned to Venice, but bees are benefitting from lower air pollution, and a drop in ocean traffic could be good for whales
Coronavirus drugs: how well is the hunt for covid-19 treatments going?
Hundreds of trials are testing known antiviral drugs, as well as those that block immune responses to coronavirus, but we may need to build a covid-19 treatment from scratch
Bees force plants to flower early by cutting holes in their leaves
Hungry bumblebees can make plants flower up to a month earlier than usual by cutting holes in their leaves, which may help them adapt to climate change
Population of world’s strangest plant threatened by climate change
Hardy and resilient welwitschia is unlike anything else on Earth, but climate change appears to be pushing these plants past their limits
How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting wildlife and conservation
Poaching is up, zoos are running out of money and conservation funding has been slashed. But there’s hope the pandemic could make biodiversity a higher priority
HPV vaccine linked to fewer premature births in Australia
An estimated 2000 premature births seem to have been prevented by widespread HPV vaccination in Australia, possibly by protecting against damage to the cervix
A large moon might be hugging an object in the outer solar system
A trans-Neptunian object known as 2002 TC302 appears to have a large moon at an unusually close orbit
Tiny robots can travel through rushing blood to deliver drugs
Robots smaller than a red blood cell can move against the flow of blood when directed by magnets, which could help deliver drugs directly to cancer cells
Why do scientists give some species such unusual names?
The strange ways we name new species and the politics involved is explained in Stephen Heard's book Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider
The Vast of Night review: A sort of slow-burn 1950s Stranger Things
Starring youngsters who investigate a mysterious signal that may be from spies or aliens, The Vast of Night is all a bit Stranger Things, says Gege Li
The surprising benefits of contemplating the death of the universe
Cosmologist Katie Mack spends her days pondering the end of everything. Whether the cosmos dies a slow heat death or winks out of existence tomorrow, she finds it helps put everyday troubles in perspective
The strange physics of why blue jays look blue even though they aren't
Watching birds is great entertainment, and there's fascinating physics behind how some get their colours, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Coronavirus is evolving. Knowing how could help us stop the pandemic
Viruses, like the coronavirus causing covid-19, can evolve rapidly. Knowing how and why they change should help us beat this pandemic and prevent future ones
Independent scientists urge UK government to delay reopening schools
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UK needs contact strategy to prevent second wave of covid-19
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Covid-19 news: UK aims to recruit 25,000 contact tracers by June
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NASA's Artemis Accords aim to lay down the law of the land on the moon
The US has announced the Artemis Accords, a set of agreements that aim to facilitate diplomacy and cooperation on the moon while encouraging mining and exploration
EU plans to plant 3 billion trees and massively expand organic farming
By 2030, a plan by the European Commission aims to reverse the loss of biodiversity by planting 3 billion extra trees and dramatically expanding organic farming
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