19 April 2023
In some countries, including China, people are more likely to report being right handed if they are educated beyond secondary school level or live in a country where there may be a stigma around left-handedness
10 November 2022
Droughts are expected to become more common and more severe due to climate change, affecting the water supply we all rely on. Making sure there's enough to go around will require significant changes – including to our individual habits
23 April 2021
When one person looks at a smartphone, around half the people nearby will start checking their phones within 30 seconds
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
8 September 2019
Captive mountain gorillas love playing in water, as a 2017 viral video demonstrated, and it turns out their wild counterparts also enjoy a good splash
7 January 2019
Across a wide range of species, from mice to fish, a common set of genetic changes appear to be linked to monogamous behaviour
9 November 2018
Prehistoric sabre-toothed cats often injured their impressive jaws during hunts. Now fossil evidence suggests injured cats could rely on their peers for food
23 August 2018
Small foraging animals often put their trust in high-ranking or old group members to watch for danger – but meerkats trust sentries based on reputation
22 August 2018
We’ve long known that fireflies light up to woo mates, but now we know they also do it to warn bats that they taste disgusting
11 May 2018
Would you kill someone to save five others? The first lab enactment of this classic thought experiment raises issues for how we programme self-driving cars
