Feedback: Gulls just wanna have fun
18 July 2018
Boozy birds crash land in the UK. Plus: ominous sarcophagus, bullet train gets a boost, authorities lose the scent of mystery pooper, and more
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Remembering when unverifiable anecdotes first took over the internet
18 July 2018
From its earliest days, the world wide web was a repository for apocryphal stories and urban myths, and we were there to document it for you
The Endless: low budget scifi movie asks high-rent questions
18 July 2018
Indie scifi brings out the good in ancient forces as two brothers revisit the cult they grew up in looking for closure – and good food. Is it the Solaris of our times?
Don't miss: The story of Ötzi, Kew's summer frolics, and medical 3D
18 July 2018
Explore 3D printing in medical transplants, join some artistic frolics at Kew's Sussex home, and discover history's first unsolved murder case in the film story of Ötzi
The complex and unfolding story of heredity shows genes’ true place
18 July 2018
Inheritance is about so much more than the handing on of a genetic baton down the centuries, argues a nuanced new book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh
This crocodile emerging from the gloom sure seems happy to see you
18 July 2018
Smiling American crocodile shows off its teeth – but although specimens can grow 6 metres long, the species rarely launches unprovoked attacks on people
Can countries divesting from fossil fuels halt climate change?
18 July 2018
Ireland is set to become the first country to sell off all its investments in fossil fuels, but efforts to limit global warming must go much further
The death of 9-year-old girl may be a tipping point for air pollution
18 July 2018
The family of Ella Kissi-Debrah want an inquest to rule air pollution as the cause of her death, while other legal cases are challenging government inaction on dirty air
Red leaf, yellow leaf
18 July 2018
Why do some leaves turn yellow in autumn, while others turn red?
Flight of imagination
18 July 2018
A golf ball has dimples on its surface to increase the efficiency of airflow over it and let it fly further. Why isn't the skin of aircraft and cars similarly dimpled? Would it compromise their structural integrity?
