15 March 2021
Our early human ancestors ate more meat than their hominin forerunners – and some researchers think their hunting strategies offer a clue to how we evolved our intelligence
15 March 2021
An estimate of the number of interstellar objects passing through the solar system suggests we should expect seven visitors a year, and some - three per century - could even be from another galaxy
15 March 2021
The Pacific hemisphere is losing heat from Earth's interior faster than the opposite hemisphere, probably because of where the Pangaea supercontinent was located millions of years ago
15 March 2021
The UK government has failed to deploy an updated version of a face analysis algorithm used for checking passport pictures, despite knowing it works poorly for people with very light and very dark skin
12 March 2021
Electric catfish use shocks to stun their prey, but they are immune to their own jolts – and tests suggest they may be immune to being shocked at all
12 March 2021
Chemical signatures in 3.7-billion-year-old basalt rocks from Greenland support the long-held theory that Earth was once almost entirely molten
12 March 2021
A small sensor worn on the neck can monitor how much you move while sedentary and give a prompt to get up and exercise
12 March 2021
Seasonal flooding can make parts of the Amazon river basin tricky terrain for land animals, so jaguars have taken to spending months in trees and eating monkeys and lizards they find up there
11 March 2021
It can be hard to prescribe effective pain treatment while limiting the risk of addiction to the drugs. Artificial intelligence may help – and one that relies on someone’s vital signs outperforms existing algorithms
11 March 2021
An app that uses fire simulations based on local geography, weather and vegetation can tell people how to avoid the path of a wildfire
