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Category: Science
Hybrid salmon found in Canada may be a result of climat...
Salmon found near the mouth of the Cowichan river on Vancouver Island are a hybrid species of coho and Chinook, which may have ari...
Tropical trees grow less in warmer years so they take i...
A 21-year study of a patch of tropical forest shows that the trees produce less wood in years when temperatures are higher, sugges...
Neanderthals may have grown their baby teeth faster tha...
A tooth from a Neanderthal child who lived 120,000 years ago suggests that our cousin species began cutting their baby teeth at 4 ...
Watch droplets bounce off each other as they levitate o...
A twist on the classic Leidenfrost effect sees orbs of different liquids repel each other as they float on a hot plate
Red light therapy could improve eyesight that has decli...
Exposure to deep red or near-infrared light can improve the function of the eye’s mitochondria, the powerhouses in cells, resultin...
Survival of the friendliest? Why Homo sapiens outlived ...
We once shared the planet with at least seven other types of human. Ironically, our success may have been due to our deepest vulne...
Lab-made diamond's unique structure allows it to tolera...
A new form of diamond created by crushing buckyballs is as strong as natural diamond and better able to withstand heat
Covid-19 news: Austria goes back into lockdown
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
UK visa scheme for prize-winning scientists receives no...
Exclusive: A fast-track visa route for Nobel prize laureates and other award-winners in science, engineering, the humanities and m...
What we know so far about AY.4.2 and other new coronavi...
The delta variant could be overtaken by AY.4.2, a more transmissible coronavirus variant which may be less likely to cause symptom...
How do humans affect the nitrogen cycle?
How modern life is causing catastrophic changes to the delicate balance of nitrogen in the air
Astronomers have found a second trojan asteroid sharing...
An Earth trojan is an asteroid that shares our planet’s orbit around the sun, moving just ahead of or behind our planet – and astr...