We may have discovered how dark oxygen is being made in the deep sea
Manganese nodules on the sea floor seem to be a source of…
Hunter-gatherers get less sleep than people in industrial societies
Members of the Himba community in Namibia get just 5.5 hours of…
Rat populations in cities are booming as the planet warms up
Rat sightings are on the rise in New York CityFatih Aktas/Anadolu/Getty Images…
The world is on track for between 1.9 and 3.7°C of warming by 2100
Coal power plants contribute to global warmingWalaiporn Sangkeaw Current policies of governments…
Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has been recording atmospheric carbon dioxide…
Gene-edited cells that evade rejection show promise in type 1 diabetes
A transmission electron micrograph of a section through pancreas tissue, showing cells…
What is hMPV, the virus spreading through China?
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has probably been infecting people for centuriesROGER HARRIS/SCIENCE PHOTO…
Will there be another pandemic after covid-19 and are we prepared?
It has been just over five years since the beginning of covid-19…
H5N1 bird flu is closer to gaining pandemic potential than we thought
A highly infectious strain of bird flu has been circulating worldwide since…
New forms of animals made by fusing several comb jellies together
A warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)Andrey Nekrasov / Alamy Stock Photo It…
