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A four-day work week could improve our health and cut carbon emissions

10 April 2019

Campaigners want us to reduce our working hours to boost mental health, increase productivity and lower carbon emissions, but is it really that simple?
This illustration shows an artistic reconstruction of two individuals of Peregocetus, one standing along the rocky shore of nowadays Peru and the other preying upon sparid fish. The presence of a tail fluke remains hypothetical.

Amazing four-legged fossil shows how walking whales learned to swim

4 April 2019

A fossil discovered in Peru shows that early whales managed to spread around the world while they were still capable of walking on land
CRISPR lizard

Albino lizards are the world’s first genetically modified reptiles

3 April 2019

CRISPR gene editing has been used to create genetically modified reptiles for the first time. The breakthrough could help us study certain eye disorders
Tundra, Aulavik National Park, northern Banks Island, NWT, Arctic Canada

Landslides have increased by 6000 per cent on an Arctic island

2 April 2019

The landscape of Banks Island in the far north of Canada is being reshaped by global warming-triggered land slumps, and the situation is set to get much worse

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