Is our technology shifting us and the planet into a different era?
24 July 2019
James Lovelock, famed for Gaia theory, suggests that cyborgs will be Earth’s dominant species. If Elon Musk’s Neuralink is any indicator, the idea isn’t so fanciful
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Internet gifs aren't just for the lols: Giphy wants to make money too
24 July 2019
Money-spinning change is on the way to your emojis, gifs and TikToks, as companies like Giphy make plans to monetize animations and wacky videos set to music
Tiny pebbles may be the reason most planets spin in the same direction
24 July 2019
We thought planets are built as huge boulders smash together. But if it is pebbles instead, that better explains why planets all spin the same way
Safety of many sunscreen ingredients is in doubt – should we worry?
24 July 2019
The US body that regulates sunscreen has declared that 12 of the 16 popular active ingredients might not actually be safe. Here's what you need to know
The UK is spending billions on overseas fossil fuel projects
22 July 2019
The UK plans to be carbon neutral by 2050, but it gave more than £4.5bn in aid money to fossil fuel projects overseas between 2010 and 2017
Early life on Earth may have existed as miniature droplets of jelly
22 July 2019
Microscopic jelly blobs that form when simple carbon-based chemicals dry out could have been the precursors to the first biological cells on Earth
Our ancestors may have begun barbecuing 1.5 million years ago
22 July 2019
Our ancestors may have learned to control fire 1.5 million years ago, which could explain how we came to be human
Deforestation in Brazil has rocketed since Bolsonaro became president
22 July 2019
More than 3700 square kilometres of Brazilian rainforest has been cleared since Jair Bolsonaro became president, but he has dismissed the data as "lies"
US groundwater shortage is forcing us to dig extremely deep wells
22 July 2019
Groundwater provides drinking water for 120 million Americans and irrigates farmland - but demand in some places, including in California, is drying up wells
The Milky Way devoured another galaxy and we've spotted the remains
22 July 2019
We’ve identified the original stars that were in the Milky Way before it devoured another smaller galaxy called Gaia-Enceladus about 10 billion years ago
