A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life
In 1944, Erwin Schrödinger published a book called What Is Life?. The physicist, famous for his alive-and-dead cat, clearly relished
Upheavals to the oral microbiome in pregnancy may be behind tooth loss
Maintaining good oral hygiene may be particularly important during pregnancy Kondoros Eva Katalin/Getty Images “Gain a child, lose a tooth”,
Hoverflies: The long-overlooked insects that could save our crops
It takes Mandela Fernández-Grandon 15 minutes to train a hoverfly, a harmless wasp look-alike. The entomologist at the University of
Astronomers may have glimpsed evidence of the biggest stars ever seen
Artist’s impression of a field of Population III stars 100 million years after the big bang NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani
Why quasicrystals shouldn’t exist but are turning up in strange places
In autumn 1945, Lincoln LaPaz crouched over a patch of scorched ground in the Jornada del Muerto desert of New
Rapid melt from Antarctica could help preserve crucial ocean current
Melting ice in Antarctica could have an impact on ocean currents JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images While the melting of
Ancient silver goblet preserves oldest known image of cosmic creation
The ˁAin Samiya silver goblet The Israel Museum, Jerusalem/Ardon Bar Hama The artwork on a 4300-year-old silver goblet unearthed in
Falling asleep isn’t a gradual process – it happens all of a sudden
We don’t drift off to sleep; we suddenly fall into slumber DedMityay/Shutterstock The brain doesn’t gradually fall asleep. Instead, it
A distant galaxy is being strangled by the cosmic web
Simulation of the large scale structure of a galaxy cluster Illustris Collaboration/ESO The cosmic web is killing a galaxy. Galaxies
COP30: Can Brazil summit get climate negotiations back on track?
A preparatory ministerial meeting in Brasilia, Brazil, ahead of COP30 Ton Molina/Bloomberg via Getty Images A decade on from the