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Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard

5 September 2018

On a peninsula in east Antarctica there are hundreds of mummified Adélie penguins that died centuries ago, and it seems extreme weather was to blame

'Invisible' Ebola transmission in the DRC may make it a bigger threat

5 September 2018

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 78 people and epidemic watchers are waiting to see whether it can be controlled

Feedback: US politician claims she was abducted by aliens

5 September 2018

Oh Florida. Plus: randy dolphins, lemon thief, cat ban, how a volcano defeated Napoleon, Volkwagen sued over weather modification cannons, and more

Crossword #22

5 September 2018

Compiled by Richard Smyth

An extreme close-up with a beautiful furry moth

5 September 2018

Look into the giant eyes of this poplar hawkmoth and you might be scared, but this hairy insect lacks any means to bite or hurt you

Gas guzzlers reborn: Why your next car could run on hydrogen

5 September 2018

Vehicles that run on hydrogen have been dismissed by the likes of Elon Musk, but recent advances mean they are making a comeback

CERN's mini particle accelerator could finally smash apart electrons

5 September 2018

We've never accelerated electrons to high enough energies to smash them apart before, but a new machine at the home of the Large Hadron Collider is a step towards doing so

Clean cut

5 September 2018

Every so often, my adopted cat brings home geckos in two pieces, namely the still-moving tail and the rest of the body (also still moving). But there is never any obvious blood. Why?

Eggstraordinary claim

5 September 2018

I've just read that eggs should not be stored in a rack on the back of a fridge door, the exact place where most fridge manufacturers put the egg rack. Before I revamp my fridge, is there any truth to this? And if so, what could it be?

Ceramic art is a clever foil for a collector's science teaching aids

5 September 2018

At the Surreal Science show cunningly crafted ceramic art create a fantastical experiment out of a master collection of 19th-century scientific teaching aids