Minority of Britons think UK government has clear plan to tackle climate change

Just three in 10 Britons (28%) agree the government has a clear plan for how it…

Ancient food webs can chart sustainable futures

At first glance, it might seem that archaeology and ecology don’t have much in common. One…

Nanotechnology offers new hope for bowel cancer patients

Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to…

Branching worm with dividing internal organs growing in sea sponge

The marine worm Ramisyllis multicaudata, which lives within the internal canals of a sponge, is one…

Election campaigns: Attacks and smearing backfire and can benefit other candidates

Candidates often give in to temptation to attack opponents in electoral campaigns through negative ads (more…

Deep space listening: 6000 hours of research to hear continuous gravitational waves

When searching for lost keys, there are a number of possible strategies. You might try moving…

Latin America looks to space, despite limitations on ground

Mars missions, astronauts coming and going at the International Space Station, China’s increasingly ambitious space program.…

Oceans' microscopic plants—diatoms—capture carbon dioxide via biophysical pathways

Diatoms are tiny unicellular plants—no bigger than half a millimeter—which inhabit the surface water of the…

New model can predict carbon cycle presence on exoplanets

Life thrives at stable temperatures. On Earth, this is facilitated by the carbon cycle. Scientists at…

Egos clash in Bezos and Musk space race

Even the Milky Way seems too small to keep the egos of tech billionaires Jeff Bezos…