Increase in storms could have ‘catastrophic impact’ on fishing industry

Potential changes in the frequency and intensity of storms off the coast of the UK and…

Who shares similar experiences of climate change in a 1.5°C world and beyond?

A new framework to understand how uneven the effects of a 1.5°C world are for different…

Cranium of a four-million-year-old hominin shows similarities to that of modern humans

A cranium of a four-million-year-old fossil, that, in 1995 was described as the oldest evidence of…

Fluorescent molecules reveal how cancer cells are inhibited

A team of researchers has developed a fluorescent variant of a molecule that inhibits cancer stem…

Brain cells responsible for removing damaged neurons after injury identified

Researchers have discovered that microglia, specialized immune cells in the brain, play a key role in…

Can the kids wait? Today’s youngsters able to delay gratification longer than those of the 1960s

Some 50 years since the original 'marshmallow test' in which most preschoolers gobbled up one treat…

Climate: Clean power is not enough

Coal power versus wind and solar energy -- debates about the Paris climate targets often center…

Why life on Earth first got big

Some of the earliest complex organisms on Earth -- possibly some of the earliest animals to…

Enzyme boost could hasten production of biofuels and other bioprocessed materials

Scientists have enhanced the process of using biology to make products such as fuels, plastics, medicines,…

Cholera spread tracked at household level

For the first time, the transmission of cholera has been tracked at the household level across…