Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting windows? Part 3
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Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead?
One correspondent with a particularly intelligent dog begs to differ with this question, while another looks to deepen…
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What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away?
From tides to eclipses, the slow departure of our moon will affect life on Earth, say our correspondents
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Did NASA’s Viking landers find life on Mars after all, asks new book
Steven Benner’s Meet The Neighbors is an intriguing tale of misunderstood planetary biochemistry. Paul Marks is…
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Strange three-lobed asteroid seems to have its own tiny moon
The asteroid (44) Nysa was first spotted more than 150 years ago, but only now are we finally figuring out its weird…
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Lost civilisation in the Amazon may have numbered 3 million people
Laser-scanning surveys reveal that the ancient Aquiry civilisation was bigger than previously thought, building tens of…
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Jupiter’s deepest mysteries were hidden in shadow. Now we can see them
NASA researcher Heidi Becker has photographed sublime sights around Jupiter that have never been seen before, from its…
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Pill that lowers oxygen levels in brain may ease Parkinson’s symptoms
A pill that induces hypoxia in the brain has been linked to improved symptoms of three neurodegenerative conditions…
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Extraordinary ichthyosaur fossil shows its last meal was a pterosaur
The remains of an orca-sized ichthyosaur include evidence of what it ate – before it too got eaten by an even bigger…
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Jaguar makes epic 2100-kilometre journey across the Amazon
A jaguar that has been dubbed Gaspar traversed 2100 kilometres of the Amazon, crossing farms and roads. But why he set…
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An island has been waging war on rats. They think they’ve finally won
Rats are a scourge on island wildlife all over the world. But an island off the coast of Ireland is showing how to…
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Matcha is under threat from climate change – can genomics save it?
Climate change is affecting the yields and flavour of the traditional Japanese tea matcha, but studying its seedlings'…
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Asteroid strike caused global firestorm that incinerated the dinosaurs
After the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago, trillions of tonnes of rock vapour was launched into space before…
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Unprecedented ‘fire clouds’ are fanning the flames in France
Flame-generated thunderstorms known as pyrocumulonimbus clouds can make wildfires even more intense, and they are…
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A new kind of drug will help fight previously untreatable conditions
The first of a new generation of drugs that works in a completely different way to existing ones has been approved.…
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Peptides are the latest wellness trend – but do they work?
A drug advisory committee in the US has recommended approval for several experimental peptides. But there have been no…
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Mystery hominin left big footprints at ancient lake in Africa
Over 1.4 million years ago, a group of eight ancient hominins walked across a shallow mudflat, but their footprints…
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Getting a bit more gas from the North Sea doesn’t matter climate-wise
Climate campaigners are angry at reports that the UK government is set to allow oil and gas drilling projects to go…
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We’ve found the best example yet of an enormous wandering black hole
Astronomers have caught a supermassive black hole straying far from the centre of its galaxy using light from a star…
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Your body changes as you age and so should your diet – here’s how
As you get older, your body’s response to food changes significantly. But by making the right changes to what you eat…
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Eye implant that restores vision lost to age approved for use
An eye implant and a pair of high-tech glasses that enable people with a severe form of vision loss to read have been…
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How ultra-processed foods may damage your long-term brain health
An increasing number of studies have linked ultra-processed foods with depression, anxiety and even dementia. Columnist…
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One of NASA’s crucial links to deep space is at risk of burning down
The Deep Space Network is our best way to communicate with spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit, and one of its three…
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Clothes made from living fungi can clean and repair themselves
Researchers have created a textile made from the parasitic fungus Cordyceps militaris, which is biodegradable and can…
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Earth is heating up faster than at any time in its history
To understand where climate change is heading, we have to look at the planet’s distant past and appreciate the…
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Having a young biological age could help with weight loss
In a small study, restricting calories led to greater weight loss among people with a biological age younger than their…
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10 of the best pictures of solar eclipses throughout history
Humans have been observing solar eclipses for millennia – carving, painting, sketching and finally photographing as the…
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Most neurons seem to be jacks-of-all-trades, not specialists
We tend to think of the brain as being made up of highly specialised cells, but a study in mice suggests that most…
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We now know how a black hole can be flung across the universe
When researchers found evidence of a black hole flying out of its galaxy, nobody knew how that could happen. Now we…
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There are only a few anti-ageing supplements that actually work
When it comes to supplements to stave off the effects of ageing, columnist Graham Lawton admits he is a hardened…
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This El Niño will be the hottest by a huge margin
The super El Niño now developing in the tropical Pacific has a 90 per cent chance of becoming the strongest in 150…
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Extremely basic AI prompt cracks decades-old maths problem
For the second time in a week, a long-standing conjecture has been disproved by artificial intelligence, highlighting…
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Can sounds make plants grow bigger? A start-up says they can
Haivya has developed acoustic signals designed to influence plant development, and its trials reportedly show large…
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Fields medal 2026: Work on unifying laws of physics wins maths prize
Mathematicians who helped unify laws of physics and cracked decades-old problems in geometry are among this year's…
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Dark energy doesn’t exist, claims controversial paper
An analysis of supernovae argues that the universe’s expansion is not speeding up, so there is no need for dark energy…
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New Scientist recommends Anish Kapoor’s show at the Hayward Gallery
Viscera, voids and light-gobbling Vantablack conspire to disturb and amaze in Anish Kapoor’s new exhibition, which has…
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