The Aryan invasion of India
How modern science has vindicated an old theory
Even ants understand the friend-enemy distinction
Ants hold grudges against aggressive competitors, a new study shows.
Take your headphones off and listen to birdsong
A new study shows birdsong has hidden benefits.
Microplastics found in the exhaled breath of dolphins
Tiny microplastic fibres were detected being exhaled by bottlenose dolphins.
Antidepressant pollution makes male fish weaker and affects sperm and behaviour, study shows
New research shows Prozac in water harms male guppies.
Botched government response to Ohio train derailment poisoned locals, study shows
What happened in East Palestine offers many lessons.
Microplastics can penetrate the blood-brain barrier, new study finds
Breathing may introduce plastic particles to the brain.
Neanderthal groups did not intermix for 50,000 years despite living two weeks’ walk away
Neanderthal remains found in France were genetically distinct.
Microplastics are poisoning the planet at every biological level, new study warns
Global action is needed to tackle the problem, scientists say.
Canadian wildfires released more carbon emissions than most countries in 2023
Only China, the US and India released more carbon in 2023.
It wasn’t just race and politics that motivated Voice to Parliament ‘no’ voters, new research shows
A new study debunks popular explanations for the ‘no’ vote.
Foreign organisms are invading Antarctica on plastic ocean debris
The arrival of foreign species threatens Antarctica’s wilderness ecosystems.
Irish monkeypox study finds 98.6% of patients were homosexual, 28.3% had HIV, and one had 75 sex partners in 21 days
53.2% of the monkeypox patients in Ireland were foreigners.
100-million-year-old fossil find reveals huge flying reptile that patrolled Australia’s inland sea
During the Cretaceous period much of north-eastern Australia was underwater.
The secrets of Maya child sacrifice uncovered using ancient DNA
Most of the Maya human sacrifice victims were children, and some were twins.