Climate change: Warming clips the nightingale's wings

Rising temperatures may be having a profound impact on one of the world’s favourite songbirds. …

Coronavirus: Are loss of smell and taste key symptoms?

However, experts say a fever and a cough are still the main ones to look out…

Coronavirus: Lockdown prompts clear fall in UK air pollution

Ground monitoring stations in major British cities detect clear reductions in two major pollutants. …

Self-isolation proves a boon to rainfall project

Scientists have been amazed at the public’s response to help digitise the UK’s old rainfall records. …

Coronavirus: Lockdown 'must become the social norm'

“Social pressure from others” will be key in persuading the UK to stay at home, a…

Thomas Becket: Alpine ice sheds light on medieval murder

Ancient air pollution, trapped in ice, reveals details about life and death in 12th Century Britain. …

Machine translates brainwaves into sentences

Scientists have taken a step forward in their ability to decode what a person is saying…

Peacock spiders show more of their colours

A new batch of these ostentatiously coloured and popular arachnids is described in Australia. …

'Virus-fighting' scientist gets magnets stuck in nose

The astrophysicist was trying to create a necklace which would stop people touching their faces. …

A place that makes you ask the questions that really matter

The BBC’s Justin Rowlatt found a visit to Antarctica made him emotional, and ultimately hopeful. …