A dinosaur, possibly a young Tyrannosaurus rex, excreted a bird 66 million years ago, and one of its feathers is exquisitely ...

If the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere declines, the Southern Ocean is likely to begin emitting more carbon than it absorbs, ...

Ecosystems like wetlands emit more carbon as temperatures rise. By 2100, such feedback loops will increase warming by 20 to ...

Famous and challenging problems in mathematics are falling to AI at a rapid pace. Where does this leave mathematicians and ...

A group of astronomers proposes that a series of events in a distant galaxy formed both a black hole and a pulsar, but other ...

An influx of immune cells into the uterus may be what initiates childbirth. These grab on to muscle cells via tiny tubes and ...

The human brain flushes out waste products while we sleep and now it seems that certain sounds might enhance the process ...

Global warming and a record El Niño have pushed Earth’s temperature more than 1.5°C above the preindustrial average, and ...

Over the past 20 years, scientists have acquired a much fuller understanding of the biological pathways of ageing and are ...

AI companies are making new mathematical discoveries at a rapid pace but not sticking around to help unpick the new proofs.

Unusually high temperatures over the mountainous region can kick-start a chain of events that ultimately leads to a severe ...

These images from photographer and soil ecologist Frank Ashwood's new book The World Beneath Our Feet zoom in on life for the ...