An artist’s illustration of Makemake NASA, ESA, and A. Parker Icy rocks in the outer solar system might have unexpected subsurface oceans. Eris and Makemake are both dwarf planets in…
Pied tamarins use odour as a communication tool Tainara Sobroza When their vocal calls get drowned out by traffic and other human noises, monkeys living in the Amazon Rainforest resort…
A dark earth deposit at the Xingu archaeological site in the south-western Amazon Associação Indigena Kuikuro do Alto Xingu (AIKAX) Indigenous farmers in the Amazon cultivate nutrient-rich, carbon-storing soil to…
Encryption used by messaging apps is a key sticking point for the UK’s Online Safety Bill PA Images/Alamy The UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill has passed through Parliament and will…
A cyborg cockroach controlled by an electronic backpack, which attaches to its antennae and abdomen without injuring it, could be used for building inspections or search-and-rescue missions. Electronically controllable cockroaches…
The stick insect Timema monikense normally reproduces asexually Vickery & Sandoval (Public domain) Two supposedly asexual species of stick insects may engage in occasional bouts of sex, helping to widen…
This thylacine has been in the Swedish Museum of Natural History’s collection for over a century Emilio Mármol Sánchez /Panagiotis Kalogeropoulos RNA taken from the desiccated remains of a thylacine,…
Google DeepMind’s AlphaMissense AI can predict whether mutations will affect how proteins such as haemoglobin subunit beta (left) or cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (right) will function Google DeepMind Artificial…
DNA tests results can reveal if we have genes that make us more or less likely to get certain medical conditions ABO/TEK IMAGE/SPL Reducing the activity of a high-risk gene…
Donating organs such as kidneys is usually only possible when a donor is on life support and their condition is unsurvivable, which has resulted in a long organ waiting list…
