When it comes to aliens, N may be large after all

13 January 2021

Handshakes may be gone for a generation

13 January 2021

Perhaps evolution has squared that circle (3)

13 January 2021

Perhaps evolution has squared that circle (2)

13 January 2021

Perhaps evolution has squared that circle (1)

13 January 2021

Warnings of huge new spike in US covid-19 cases as UK variant spreads

12 January 2021

The faster spreading coronavirus variant has officially reached nine US states and could soon cause a massive surge in covid-19 cases that makes the post-holiday spike look minimal, expert warns

CRISPR gene editing used to store data in DNA inside living cells

11 January 2021

Biologists have used CRISPR gene editing to store information inside DNA in living bacterial cells, which could become a storage medium of the future

Megalodon sharks grew 2 metres long in the uterus by eating eggs

11 January 2021

Ancient megalodon sharks may have been at least 2 metres long at birth – and they might have grown so large by eating unhatched eggs in the uterus

Climate change: 2020 was the joint hottest year on record

8 January 2021

Last year was the joint hottest globally and by far the warmest year ever recorded in Europe, making the years from 2015 onwards the warmest six on record

Meteorites may have brought water to Earth in the recent past

7 January 2021

We thought meteorites stopped delivering liquid water to Earth billions of years ago – but they may have continued to do so in the past million years