Hurricane Dorian may have made a species of bird go extinct
4 September 2019
In addition to killing several people and destroying thousands of buildings in the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian may have killed the last surviving Bahama nuthatches
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World's hungriest caterpillar is wreaking destruction around the world
4 September 2019
Scientists are racing to develop weapons against fall armyworms, a devastating pest that is rapidly invading new continents and destroying vital food crops
Bananas have benefited from climate change – but they won’t in future
2 September 2019
As the world has warmed, banana producers have been able to grow more fruit per hectare. But by 2050 annual production may begin to fall in some countries
Harbour seals are breeding in the river Thames and have had 138 pups
2 September 2019
The first comprehensive count of harbour seal pups has found there are 138 newborns along the sandbanks and creeks of the outer Thames Estuary
CRISPR could lead to gene-editing fix for a form of male infertility
1 September 2019
Infertile male mice have fathered offspring after their condition was fixed by CRISPR – an approach that could help many couples with fertility problems
Giant virus has evolved its own kind of CRISPR to destroy invaders
1 September 2019
The massive mimivirus is so big it has its own kind of CRISPR-like immune system to defend against the tiny viruses that attack it
Quantum X-ray machine takes razor sharp pictures with less radiation
1 September 2019
By shining an X-ray beam through a diamond, scientists have made X-rays with unique quantum properties that let them make sharper images using less radiation
AIs that deblur faces could make people on CCTV easier to identify
31 August 2019
Artificial intelligence that deblurs photos of people’s faces could be used to improve facial recognition of surveillance images
People who are naturally slim have smaller and more active fat cells
31 August 2019
Some people can eat as much as they like without putting on weight because their fat cells burn extra energy by continuously making and breaking fat molecules
Military now controls Myanmar’s scientifically important amber mines
30 August 2019
Hundreds of scientifically priceless fossils are extracted in horrendous conditions in Myanmar’s amber mines and smuggled over the border for sale in China
