When, and where, did the covid-19 pandemic really begin?
People carrying out disinfection work at a market in Wuhan, where covid-19…
Heatwaves are surpassing the extremes predicted by climate models
The UK experienced a record-breaking heatwave in July 2022DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty…
Plumes of pollution from big factories can make it snow
Factory aerosols can transform the clouds aboveGetty Images/iStockphoto Plumes of pollution from…
Why farming fish is more unsustainable than catching them in the wild
Claims about the sustainability of fish farms have been vastly overstatedVIKEN KANTARCI/AFP…
Camellia oil could be the greenest cooking oil – and the healthiest
A camellia farm in Jiangxi province, ChinaWan Xiang/Xinhua/Alamy Replacing some existing vegetable…
Stonehenge’s altar stone was brought all the way from Scotland
The altar stone lies inside Stonehenge’s two big rings of stonesGavin Hellier/roberthrding/Getty…
Largest genome sequenced so far is 30 times bigger than a human’s
The South American lungfish probably has a lot of “junk” DNAKatherine Seghers/Louisiana…
The climate impact of feeding ourselves is getting worse and worse
Cattle farming produces large amounts of greenhouse gasesAlan Hopps/Getty Images With the…
Has the mystery of life’s 'handedness' finally been cracked?
All living creatures use only the left or right-handed forms of certain…
The surprising wall pattern that could keep buildings cooler
A building’s design can influence its temperatureAlistair Scott/Getty Images Walls with a…
