A 200-year-old mystery about newts has finally been solved
A genetic flaw dooms half of all crested newts to die before they hatch – now we know how this
Red kites and buzzards are being killed by misuse of rat poisons
Red kites have been found with high levels of rodenticides in their livers TheOtherKev/Pixabay Raptors across England are being killed
AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world
Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a
2024 is set to be the first year that breaches the 1.5°C warming limit
Firefighters work to control a blaze in California in July ABACA/Shutterstock 2024 is now almost certain to become the first
Bird flu infects a pig in the US, potentially raising risks to humans
Every time H5N1 infects a mammal, it has a chance to develop mutations that make it more transmissible Alamy Stock
Infinite monkey theorem: Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare
“Alas, poor ape, how thou sweat’st!” Colin Waters/Alamy If every chimpanzee on Earth were given a typewriter, they wouldn’t reproduce
Weird microbes could help rewrite the origin of multicellular life
Illustration of a protein from a single-celled organism called Haloferax volcanii FRANCISCO J. ENGUITA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Compressing a type of
Earth is now gaining less heat than it has for several years
The recent surge in warming led to fears that climate change may be accelerating beyond model projections, but a fall
Can sensor technology stop a wildfire before it starts?
The US Department of Homeland Security is trialling chemical sensors that detect the first whiff of smoke in the air
Indestructible quantum rifts can exist in two places at once
An ion trap helped create a quantum defect in two places at once ANDREW BROOKES, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY