Alien grass is making California wildfires three times as frequent
9 August 2018
Non-native grasses such as cheatgrass are easier to ignite and can spread fires far more quickly than the native ones
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A weird Pacific cycle could make the Arctic warm up even faster
6 August 2018
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) is cyclical, switching from warm to cold phases every 20 years or so. When it switches again it could speed up Arctic warming
Meet Bob the tame flamingo who has become a local superstar
1 August 2018
Bob became a celebrity on the Caribbean island of Curaçao after injuring himself by flying into a window of the island's Hilton Hotel
Why cuts in your mouth heal 10 times faster than skin wounds
25 July 2018
Wounds in the mouth really do heal much faster than cuts to the skin, and it may be because mouth cells are genetically primed for healing
Intensive blood pressure treatment may lower dementia risk
25 July 2018
People who receive stronger-than-normal blood pressure treatments have been found to be 19 per cent less likely to later develop signs of cognitive impairment
Apple peel drug makes mice live longer by targeting a cause of ageing
9 July 2018
We’re beginning to understand the causes of ageing and how to reverse it – thanks to an extract from apple peel that helps improves strength in elderly mice
Our sun grew fat when a sausage collided with the Milky Way
5 July 2018
Astronomers have discovered that a major prang between galaxies 10 billion years ago supplied extra gases that helped our sun grow
Will the UK’s plans to ban ‘gay conversion therapy’ succeed?
4 July 2018
Similar bans in the US have saved thousands of teens from discredited “treatments”, even though they have loopholes that allow religious advice
The fading American dream may be behind rise in US suicides
27 June 2018
Shrinking life chances plus lack of a social safety net may have left middle-aged Americans more vulnerable to suicide than peers in other rich nations
An entire Arctic ecosystem could vanish within the next decade
25 June 2018
The Barents Sea, home to a diverse array of wildlife, could be completely gone in just a few years – perhaps the most dramatic impact of climate change yet seen
