Fish boost photosynthesis by wafting water around corals
17 May 2017
Call it a fin fan. The action of damselfish swimming between coral branches helps the algae inside corals to increase their photosynthesis
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Google DeepMind NHS data deal was ‘legally inappropriate’
16 May 2017
DeepMind’s 2015 data-sharing agreement with the Royal Free NHS trust has an “inappropriate legal basis”, according to a letter from the UK’s National Data Guardian
UK may force charities to prove complementary therapies work
16 May 2017
UK charity commission is considering putting in place measures that will force providers of complementary medicine to offer stronger evidence of benefits
Ebola once again on the prowl as emergency teams stand ready
16 May 2017
Three deaths and 19 suspected cases of Ebola in the DR Congo have health officials worried – but the chances of another deadly rampage are thankfully slim
Microbes might thrive after crash-landing on board a meteorite
16 May 2017
Some extremophile bacteria could survive the a crash-landing of a meteorite or spacecraft, helping them travel between worlds
Remote Pacific island found buried under tonnes of plastic waste
15 May 2017
A tiny, otherwise pristine island is smothered by our blast from the past: vast amounts of decades-old plastic from around the world
Automation will have a bigger impact on jobs in smaller cities
15 May 2017
More migration to megacities is expected in the next few decades, because they have more jobs that are resilient to automation than smaller urban areas
Vultures smear their faces in red mud which they use as makeup
15 May 2017
The endangered Egyptian vultures have taken to mud baths and painting their faces at their stronghold in the Canaries. But why do they care about cosmetics?
Ultrasonic speaker lets you whisper to people 30 metres away
12 May 2017
Wearable device beams words using targeted sound waves to prevent anyone overhearing and could eventually be used by soldiers and divers
Polar bears shift from seals to bird eggs as Arctic ice melts
12 May 2017
The habitat overlap of polar bears and their main prey, ringed seals, is disappearing and the bears are instead getting closer to nesting birds
