Plastic in the ocean kills more threatened albatrosses than we thought

Plastic in the ocean can be deadly for marine wildlife and seabirds around the globe, but…

Drought restrictions had side benefit: Lowering risk of mosquito-borne disease

Shallow pools of water on lawns are ideal breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that transmit West…

Evidence of Planet Nine diminishing as researchers find no evidence of clustering

An international team of researchers has found no evidence of trans-Neptunian object clustering as part of…

Report sheds light on impact of effective school leadership on student learning outcomes

A major new research review released today paints a detailed picture of how strong principals affect…

Social influencers can boost attention paid to brands yet erode sentiment toward video, research finds

The social media world is awash with people hawking products, services and, of course, themselves. But…

Airplanes to cell phones: New equipment finds the flaws in everything

Tim Briggs has built a career at Sandia National Laboratories tearing and breaking things apart with…

THYME project discovers a sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting young star

Astronomers report the discovery of a new sub-Neptune exoplanet as part of the TESS Hunt for…

Novel sandwich technology improves sensitivity of rapid tests

EPFL scientists have developed a method for boosting the sensitivity of rapid-detection tests like those used…

First videos to show the helix of 'dancing DNA' developed by scientists

Videos allowing us to see for the first time how small circles of DNA adopt dance-like…

RSGB consulting on their new Direct-To-Full exam

The RSGB’s Examination Standards Committee has launched a consultation to ask for the views of the…