29 October 2020
Diseases like covid-19 come from wild animals, so reducing unsustainable practices like deforestation could stop future outbreaks from happening, according to a global biodiversity report
29 October 2020
Earth may have experienced three geological big bangs in which its tectonic plates started to move 30 to 50 per cent faster than normal – this may have influenced the evolution of life
29 October 2020
China pledged last month to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, but to do so may require extracting 2.5 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide from the air each year
28 October 2020
When the Philae lander arrived at comet 67P, its harpoons didn't deploy as planned and it bounced across the surface, revealing ice that is softer than the foam on coffee
28 October 2020
Failed interventions to change people's behaviour tend to have common features, such as relying on social pressure or using letters and text messages
28 October 2020
The Living Coral Biobank plans to house more than 800 species of the world’s hard corals as an insurance policy in case we need to rebuild reefs in future
27 October 2020
Western ringtail possums are critically endangered, and habitat loss has reduced their range – but now they have moved into residential urban gardens
27 October 2020
Arctic sea ice vanishing in summers by 2050 could trigger 0.19°C of extra global warming – almost enough to wipe out any savings from China going carbon neutral
