- Astronomers find ‘Forbidden’ planet in ‘Neptunian Desert’ around its star
- Africa’s elephant poaching rates in decline, but iconic animal still under threat
- Scientists uncover a trove of genes that could hold key to how humans evolved
- Meteor magnets in outer space: Finding elusive giant planets
- On Mars, sands shift to a different drum
- Bringing human-like reasoning to driverless car navigation
- Producing electricity at estuaries using light and osmosis
- Plant stem cells require low oxygen levels
- A warming Arctic produces weather extremes in our latitudes
- Did ancient supernovae prompt human ancestors to walk upright?
- New causes of autism found in ‘junk’ DNA
- Exotic matter uncovered in the sun’s atmosphere
- Live fast, die young: Study shows tiny fishes fuel coral reefs
- Oldest meteorite collection on Earth found in one of the driest places
- Chemistry of stars sheds new light on the Gaia Sausage
- Study predicts shift to smaller animals over next century
- Jumping drops get boost from gravity
- Comet inspires chemistry for making breathable oxygen on Mars
- Antibiotics found in some of the world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels, global study finds
- Mites and ticks are close relatives, new research shows
- The extraordinary powers of bacteria visualized in real time
- A family of comets reopens the debate about the origin of Earth’s water
- Geometry of an electron determined for the first time
- Wild chimpanzees eat tortoises after cracking them open against tree trunks