Snowball Earth melting led to freshwater ocean 2 kilometres deep
10 May 2017
A freshwater layer up to 2 kilometres deep floated on our planet’s oceans for some 50,000 years after the end of an extreme ice age
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Industry experts may replace dismissed EPA advisory scientists
9 May 2017
The Trump administration has dismissed several scientists from the advisory board of the US Environmental Protection Agency and may replace them with people from industry
Meet ‘Neo’, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found
9 May 2017
This is one of the greatest fossil finds of the 21st century say its discoverers, who also provide a date for when this enigmatic species lived
Parasitic robot controls turtle it’s riding by giving it snacks
8 May 2017
Natural selection has created amazingly effective ways to move around. Robots could harness this by hitching a ride on biology’s back
Fake football website reveals what makes us become nasty trolls
8 May 2017
The web can be a vicious place, but anonymity isn’t solely to blame. Comments made in a fake forum have shown that the main influence is others’ behaviour
A little cannabis every day might keep brain ageing at bay
8 May 2017
A mouse study suggests marijuana may have the opposite effect on older people than it has on the young, boosting learning and memory instead of impairing it
Nanofridge could keep quantum computers cool enough to calculate
8 May 2017
Quantum computers need to be kept cool, just like regular computers, but an ordinary fan won’t cut it. A nanofridge that sorts electrons by temperature just might
Earth may have been born in a huge flare-up of the young sun
8 May 2017
A sudden brightening of the infant sun – called an FU Orionis outburst – could have melted dust grains and made them stick together, building our world
Increased cancer rate in US linked to bad environment
8 May 2017
Around 39 in 100,000 cancer deaths could be avoided if US counties improved environment quality – a target that could be hampered by Trump's new legislation
Lasers print ultra high-res images narrower than a human hair
5 May 2017
A new ink-free printing technique that involves blasting lasers at nanoscale structures has created some of the most detailed images ever printed
