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43% of endangered forest birds are closer to extinction than we thought
The Red List of species under threat must be brought up to date to reflect this finding, study authors say.
Nov 09, 2016
The brain and spine implants that help paralysed monkeys walk again
A wireless brain-spinal interface device could help paralysed people regain control of their bodies.
Nov 09, 2016
Mystery of the missing Neanderthal genes solved
Neanderthal inbreeding likely gave rise to harmful genes, lost in larger human gene pool when the species interbred.
Nov 09, 2016
Donald Trump will destroy the environment if he follows through on climate change rhetoric
Climate scientists are calling Trump's election an "environmental disaster".
Nov 09, 2016
Dinosaur claws were tough – even the proteins in their sheaths have survived for 75 million years
The proteins show strong similarities to those found in the claw sheaths of birds living today.
Nov 09, 2016
Dinosaurs might have been among the few species to survive the Great Dying mass extinction
The earliest dinosaurs may have walked the Earth 20 million years earlier than we thought.
Nov 09, 2016
Generosity is a turn-on when picking partners to play with
Online psychology experiments have shown that generosity is more valued than the bottom line.
Nov 09, 2016
Fatalists have less fun in the bedroom – willingness to solve problems improves sexual satisfaction
Having high 'sexpectations' tends to make people more dissatisfied in romantic relationships.
Nov 08, 2016
Life on land is 300 million years older than we thought
Evidence of life on land has been found in rocks that are 3.2 billion years old.
Nov 08, 2016
The White Cliffs of Dover have been crumbling faster in the past 150 years
Cliff erosion on the south coast has accelerated by an order of magnitude in the past few hundred years.
Nov 07, 2016
Why no one loves a bonobo when he's 40
Older male bonobos' poor eyesight is bad for their social life.
Nov 07, 2016
Thought 2015 was hot? Extreme weather will be the new normal by 2025
Australia is expected to be the first country to transition to this more extreme norm.
Nov 07, 2016
Frozen cave lion cubs found in Siberia thought to be 25,000-years-old or more
The cubs' stomachs still contain traces of what the researchers say could be mother's milk.
Nov 04, 2016
Worrying about your health actually increases your risk of getting heart disease
Worrying about your health can increase your risk of heart disease by more than 70%.
Nov 03, 2016
Poo power: What we flush down the toilet could now become jet fuel
The process of making fuel from poo mimics the way fossil fuels form in the ground.
Nov 03, 2016
Catchy songs decoded – this is why some songs get stuck in your head
The study could help songwriters on their way to their next catchy hit.
Nov 03, 2016
Weird-looking lumpy metallic space rock found on Mars
The odd-looking lump has been named Egg Rock and is made of iron and nickel.
Nov 03, 2016
Paris was not enough – what we need to do to limit warming to 1.5C
We must cut another 25% carbon emissions globally on top of Paris pledges, says UN report.
Nov 03, 2016
World's oldest mummies are rotting after 7,000 years due to climate change
Rising levels of humidity are encouraging bacterial growth on the mummies.
Nov 03, 2016
Clitoris vs vagina: When studying the female orgasm, the whole is more than the sum of its parts
The female orgasm can't be understood by focusing on a single part of the body, says research.
Nov 02, 2016
The first 'living' molecule may have been RNA
Life on Earth may have started as an 'RNA world' of self-replicating molecules.
Nov 02, 2016
Arctic sea creatures get over the winter blues by making their own light
The Arctic sea is bright with glowing zooplankton, helping them make it through the dark winter.
Nov 02, 2016
Underslept and overfed – sleep deprivation stokes your appetite
People consumed an extra 385 calories after a poor night's sleep but didn't burn any extra energy.
Nov 02, 2016
50,000-year-old jewellery made from ostrich eggshells discovered in Siberian cave
Ostriches may have lived in Siberia in Palaeolithic times.
Nov 01, 2016
Hundreds of Stone Age remains at risk in Yorkshire
Ancient remains at wetland sites are being destroyed by human activity.
Oct 31, 2016
A chill in Siberia is a bad sign for the US winter ahead
Siberian snow could has knock-on effects on the weather in the US.
Oct 31, 2016
Oil drilling linked to 1933 Los Angeles earthquake that killed 120 people
The Long Beach earthquake of 1933 and several others have been linked to oil drilling.
Oct 31, 2016
Jesus Christ's 'tomb' found to contain limestone burial shelf and an engraved marble slab
Researchers found a cross carved into a layer of marble inside the tomb.
Oct 31, 2016
Serpent that eats poisonous snakes for breakfast could lead to a new painkiller
The snake has venom unlike that of any other snake.
Oct 31, 2016
How many sweets would you have to eat at Halloween for them to kill you?
Find out how many sweets you'd have to eat to come to a sticky end.
Oct 29, 2016
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