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While some humans find they have two left feet on the dancefloor, octopuses manage to coordinate eight highly flexible arms across a host of behaviours, from…

Mark PoyntingClimate and science reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesPlans to fight climate change by manipulating the Arctic and Antarctic environment are dangerous, unlikely to work and could…

September 6, 20253 min readA Mammoth Toothache: Bacterial Community Discovered in Mouth of Ancient MammothGenetic-sequencing techniques have identified microorganisms that lived in the mouths of ancient…

September 4, 20253 min readPublic Health Experts Slam RFK, Jr. after Senate HearingOn Thursday Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., about vaccines and turmoil at the…

Earlier this summer, access to climate.gov – one of the most widely used portals of climate information on the internet – was thwarted by the Trump…

August 28, 20253 min readThese Succulents Glow in the Dark—And They’re GorgeousHouseplants become rechargeable night-lights after injection with tiny phosphor particlesBy Katherine Bourzac & Nature magazine…

The Earth is constantly receiving space signals that contain vital information about extremely energetic phenomena. Among the most peculiar are brief pulses of extremely high-energy radio…

Scientists are calling for a new global regime to address air pollution caused by the space industry.Prof Eloise Marais’s team at University College London (UCL) began…

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondentGwyndaf Hughes/BBCScientists have developed a honeybee “superfood” that could protect the animals against the threats of climate change and habitat loss.Bee colonies…

Choking smoke spewed by wildfires is far more dangerous than previously thought, a new study has found, with death tolls from short-term exposure to fine particulates…