Technology
Synthetic DNA letter reveals the molecular trade-off between accuracy and speed
Sep 7, 2026
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Earth & Environment
Golden mussels were first detected in California in 2024, and within a single year they had colonised the entire distribution system of the…
Sep 7, 2026
Life
Four hippos brought to Colombia in 1981 have multiplied into nearly 200 animals roaming the Magdalena River basin
By Daniel Moran · Sep 7, 2026
Life
Two pages of the York Gospels and a third bound in with it later carry the DNA of the virus that causes sheeppox, and the team that found…
Sep 7, 2026
Space
Nearly 14 years into its Mars mission, NASA’s Curiosity rover photographed a valley called Valle Grande in June 2026 and found the ground…
Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
About a thousand people across Switzerland buried cotton underpants at sites of their own choosing for two months, and the pairs pulled out…
Sep 7, 2026
Life
Researchers put bright patterned sleeves on 94 hunting cats, and the birds they brought home fell by nearly two-thirds
Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
Microsoft’s power deal is helping bring Three Mile Island’s undamaged reactor back online, Meta has signed a 20-year agreement backing an…
Sep 7, 2026
Social Sciences
Archaeologists have dug at the Assyrian capital of Nimrud since 1845 almost entirely on its palace mound, and a new survey of the whole…
Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
We’re travelling around Queensland and the water in this tiny outback town smells rather strange
By Jeanette Brown · Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
Microplastics smaller than five millimetres, found from Arctic sea ice to the deepest ocean trenches, can disrupt the plankton that drive…
Sep 7, 2026
Life
A poplar tilted onto its side laid a band of pulling wood along the top of the bend to haul itself upright, then, once the experimenters…
Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
Los Angeles coated its streets with a gray reflective layer to fight extreme heat, and the pavement itself really did run more than 10…
By Brendan Brown · Sep 7, 2026
Health
Over roughly 150 years, Dutch men gained about 20 centimetres in average height, while American men
Sep 6, 2026