People who gave up smoking cannabis had a memory boost within a week
30 October 2018
Smoking cannabis can impair memory, but a new study has found that giving up can partially reverse the effect after several days
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A freak 1870s climate event caused drought across three continents
30 October 2018
Few people have heard of it, but the global famine of 1876-78 probably killed 50 million, and it was triggered by a natural climate event that could easily recur
There is a weird new state of matter that can't be stirred or pushed
29 October 2018
Rigid light is a strange new state of matter. It’s somewhere between a solid and a superfluid, and can’t be stirred, rotated, or even pushed
Creams remove skin sun spots with minimal pain and may prevent cancer
28 October 2018
Sun spots – or actinic keratoses – are caused by UV light. Now people are using medicated creams to remove them before they have a chance to turn cancerous
Crashing waves may have spurred the evolution of backbones
25 October 2018
Backbones helped vertebrates conquer the oceans and move onto land. Now a study hints they may have evolved as protection against strong waves in shallow waters
Skin tans the most when spending every other day out of the sun
25 October 2018
A study suggests your skin tans most when you spend every other day out of the sun, which has the added effect of reducing DNA damage and premature ageing
Dinosaur fossil may be a whole new species of the first birds
24 October 2018
A fossil of the dinosaur Archaeopteryx is so unlike any other specimens that it belongs to a new species – and could confirm that the animals were early birds
Humpback whales stop singing when cargo ships make a lot of noise
24 October 2018
Male humpback whales often sing during mating season, but recordings from the Pacific suggest noise pollution from cargo ships is making them sing less
Data suggests 60 per cent of babies aren't breastfed after 6 weeks
24 October 2018
Guidelines recommend breastfeeding for 6 months, but data suggests that less than half of mothers in England choose or are able to breastfeed beyond six weeks
Bird-like lungs may have helped dinosaurs rule the world
23 October 2018
When dinosaurs dominated Earth, they somehow coped with low oxygen levels. Now a new finding suggests they may have thrived thanks to bird-like lungs
