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An analysis of satellite data from 293 cities in Europe has found that trees have a big cooling effect while other green spaces don't

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The discovery of new Australopithecus sediba fossils mean we can now reconstruct most of the spine of one individual, and strengthen the case that the species was bipedal at least some of the time

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is scheduled to launch on 24 November and will smash into the asteroid Dimorphos

Bulb’s collapse may not directly affect the amount of investment flowing into new UK renewable projects, but is nonetheless a bad look for such a high profile green energy firm to fail.

A material made with layers that have different tensions wrinkles when heated, which can be used to reflect light such that an object matches its surroundings

An Earth trojan is an asteroid that shares our planet’s orbit around the sun, moving just ahead of or behind our planet – and astronomers have now discovered that we have two

How modern life is causing catastrophic changes to the delicate balance of nitrogen in the air

Exclusive: A fast-track visa route for Nobel prize laureates and other award-winners in science, engineering, the humanities and medicine has failed to attract any applicants

The delta variant could be overtaken by AY.4.2, a more transmissible coronavirus variant that may be less likely to cause symptoms, while another variant from central Africa is being closely monitored

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Children who were gradually exposed to baked milk powder learned to tolerate higher doses in a small clinical trial

A plastic made from DNA and vegetable oil may be the most sustainable plastic developed yet and could be used in packaging and electronic devices

A chemical called hexadecanal that is emitted from skin, breath and faeces has no scent but exposure to it can influence people’s behaviour

In a first small test, the brainwaves of people with impaired consciousness changed in a characteristic way when given an anaesthetic, showing whether they were likely to recover

Artificial intelligence can be used to scour the crowdsourced encyclopedia for contradictory information and flag it to human editors

A project called ConstitutionDAO tried to use the technology behind cryptocurrencies to buy one of the extremely rare surviving original copies of the US constitution

Cancer cells use tiny tubes to reach out to nearby immune cells and capture their energy-generating mitochondria

Pauli blocking, a quantum phenomenon that makes a dense quantum gas suddenly turn transparent, has now been observed in three independent experiments

A fresh look at what we know about the first covid-19 cases shows that the earliest known instance was in a person who worked at the Huanan market in Wuhan, which was suspected as the source from the start of the pandemic