This is one of those where infinity might have to be invoked, because frozen peas require zero boiling time.

Asymmetric action is common in animals. For example, a squirrel eating seeds from a pine cone either puts its right paw on ...

If we think first of pure spectral colours consisting of a single wavelength of light, then there’s a simple, obvious answer: ...

The answer depends on whether we’re talking about we humans, all life or industrialised society, says one reader ...

A Neanderthal tooth shows clear signs of human intervention to treat bacterial decay, showing that the earliest dentistry ...

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A study of soils around the Arctic and boreal forests has found that some wildfires are releasing carbon stored over ...

Rowan Hooper met ecologist Suzanne Simard under an oak tree in Kew Gardens, London, to talk about her new book, criticism of ...

Winner of an environmental photography award, this shot of a sea turtle seen under ultraviolet light shows how forensic ...

Scientific disciplines often shy away from asking fundamental "what if" questions. But philosophy – if unencumbered by dogma ...

Why did humans decide they weren't like other animals, or animals at all? Has this exceptionalism twisted us out of shape?

In the greenhouse at Kew Gardens in London, a small crowd is forming, drawn to a peculiar stench in the back. A corpse flower ...