Frogs have acquired DNA from snakes with the help of parasites
26 April 2022
Horizontal DNA transfer, once thought to be a rare event, has occurred between snakes and frogs at least 54 times in the past 85 million years
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Ordinary copper telephone wire could carry gigabit broadband speeds
26 April 2022
Many homes in the UK rely on repurposed phone lines for internet access, leading to slow download speeds, but there may be a solution
All four of the key DNA building blocks have been found in meteorites
26 April 2022
We have now discovered all four building blocks of DNA in meteorite samples, suggesting that space rocks may have delivered the compounds to Earth, contributing to the origin of life
Severe Indian heatwave will bake a billion people and damage crops
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An unusual heatwave forecast across much of India will see temperatures in the mid-to-high 40s°C
China is building more than half of the world's new coal power plants
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Some 176 gigawatts of coal capacity was under construction in 2021, and more than half of that was being built in China
Insects and lab-grown meat could cut food emissions by 80 per cent
25 April 2022
Switching to "novel foods", like algae and lab-grown milk, could bring huge environmental benefits compared with the typical European diet
Watch male orb-weaving spiders catapult off females to escape death
25 April 2022
For the first time, spiders have been observed escaping sexual cannibalism by flinging themselves away from females, reaching speeds of up to 88.2 centimetres per second
Rock dust can meet half of the UK's net-zero carbon removal target
25 April 2022
To meet its net-zero target, the UK needs technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere – and sprinkling rock dust on fields could form a big part of the solution
Bloodworms have copper jaws that could inspire self-building materials
25 April 2022
A worm with jaws that contain unusually large amounts of copper relies on a single protein to build its fangs
We can now tell how much CO2 in the air is due to fossil fuel burning
22 April 2022
A way of distinguishing between natural carbon dioxide emissions and those from burning fossil fuels could help cities and countries monitor their progress in cutting emissions
