2 May 2022
A fossilised leg bone found in Japan belonged to a prehistoric swan species with adaptations similar to several other water birds, including a duck-like bill and the feet of a loon
2 May 2022
A study of more than 200 square kilometres of reefs in the Hawaiian islands found that those further from pollution and coastal developments held up better after a 2019 marine heatwave
2 May 2022
Russian troops destroyed and stole equipment used to monitor radiation levels at Chernobyl, requiring the creation of a new sensor network that could involve drones and robots to avoid landmines in the area
2 May 2022
Ideas from beyond the standard model of particle physics, including technicolor and glueball Higgs particles, could explain the recent shock finding that the W boson is heavier than we thought
29 April 2022
Two mannequins designed to represent female bodies will measure radiation exposure on NASA's Artemis I mission later this year, in preparation for putting the first woman on the moon
29 April 2022
Current legislation prevents local law enforcement in the US from shooting down or interfering with criminal drones
29 April 2022
An 18.6-year lunar cycle is believed to change how the tides affect the mixing of water in the oceans, and could mean we breach 1.5°C of global warming sooner
29 April 2022
Tiny plastic particles from clothing and car tyres stick to spiders’ webs in cities, which could prove useful to researchers monitoring this form of pollution
29 April 2022
When meteorites land on Earth, microbes soon begin colonising them. If Mars once had life, microbes might have colonised meteorites there too
28 April 2022
A technique that uses quantum computers to verify a device's location can only be hacked with a quantum machine thousands of times larger than those currently in existence
