Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050
22 November 2017
The first global “light census” shows that the area affected by artificial lighting is growing by 2.2 per cent every year, posing risks to wildlife and human health
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Can everybody on the planet all live well?
22 November 2017
In a pressured world, we need to understand that how demographic trends affect people depends on where they live, says Massimo Livi Bacci in Our Shrinking Planet
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22 November 2017
Black holes colliding, EU and Brexit, ivory bans and more
Private mission may get us back to Enceladus sooner than NASA
22 November 2017
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner is considering privately funding a mission to Enceladus, one of the prime places to search for life in our solar system
Blue tits divorce their partners if they turn up late to mate
17 November 2017
Blue tits were 5 times less likely to stay faithful if one partner had to wait more than 3 days for the other to arrive
Gene drives can beat pests, but we can’t afford any mistakes
16 November 2017
Invasive pests could be eliminated by so-called gene drives, but we must make sure they can’t spread beyond our control
Why a female fly will ruin your drink, but a male is fine
16 November 2017
We’re able to sense even tiny quantities of a female fruit fly pheromone, meaning one can ruin your wine no matter how quickly you remove it from your glass
Spiders reset body clocks to avoid 5-hour jet-lag every day
15 November 2017
Some species of spider have short biological clocks that have to be reset each morning. Being out of sync with the 24-hour cycle in this way might help them avoid prey
