Our brain ‘swivels’ to focus on sounds from different directions
We can’t physically pivot our ears towards sounds, but our brain still hones in on them Experienced Skins/Getty Images Dogs
Did a star blow up and hit Earth 10 million years ago?
A supernova could have sent cosmic rays hurtling at Earth muratart/Shutterstock An exploding star may have sent cosmic shrapnel flying
Venus has lava tubes, and they’re weird
We are learning more about Venus, the hot, high-pressure planet JSC/NASA We now know for sure that massive underground tunnels,
Unforgeable quantum money can be stored in an ultracold ‘debit card’
A quantum version of a debit card could keep your money safe Globalimages101/Alamy A rudimentary quantum debit card that can
Dome-headed dinosaur from Mongolia is the oldest ever found
Artist’s reconstruction of the pachycephalosaur Zavacephale rinpoche Masaya Hattori A dome-headed dinosaur found in Mongolia had a serious weapon on
Jaguar breaks records by swimming at least 1.3 kilometres
Jaguars are known to be strong swimmers Matthias Graben/imageBROKER RF/Getty Images Camera traps show that an adult male jaguar swam
A weird cloud forms on Mars each year and now we know why
Unusual clouds form over the Martian volcano Arsia Mons each year ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/J. Cowart CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO A thin
Florida’s anti-vaccine push leads dangerous shift for US public health
Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo speaking at an anti-vaccine event in Sarasota, Florida Dave Decker/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Scepticism around vaccines
Baby pterosaurs could fly right after hatching – but crashed in storms
An artist’s impression of a pterodactyl hatchling struggling against a tropical storm Rudolf Hima Baby pterodactyls apparently flew within days
Just 1 minute of vigorous exercise a day could add years to your life
Briefly walking up a steep hill counts as exercise Greg Balfour Evans/Alamy If you don’t exercise for the sake of