26 November 2019
Carbon emissions from human activity have never fallen globally, but to keep global warming to 1.5°C they need to tumble by nearly 8 per cent every year for the next decade
25 November 2019
The Red Spot on Jupiter seems to be breaking apart, but a computer model suggests the vortex is fine and it’s the clouds above the storm that are being shredded
25 November 2019
We have checked the pulse of a wild-living blue whale for the first time and discovered that the animal's heart beats surprisingly slowly while it is feeding
22 November 2019
We have a refined estimate for the mass of the neutrino, the most abundant massive particle in the Universe: its mass is 500,000 times less than an electron
22 November 2019
Swarms of robots could help map out underground networks and detect leaks as they float through pipes
21 November 2019
Music appears to be made from the same simple building blocks of pitches and chords around the world, upending the prevailing view that universals don’t exist
21 November 2019
Conventional wisdom says that one human year is the equivalent of seven dog years, but a new analysis suggests we’ve been getting this all wrong
20 November 2019
A molecule in male fruit fly semen boosts females’ long-term memory – the first example of mating playing a role in cognition
20 November 2019
Most oil palms in Colombia are planted on land previously used for grazing cattle, rather than land cleared of rainforests, making it a greener choice
20 November 2019
A synthetic skin could help add the sensation of touch to prosthetic hands or give video games a more realistic feel
