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Category: Science
Microplastics in French mountain air may have crossed A...
Microplastics travelled thousands of kilometres across oceans and continents in a fast-moving layer of the atmosphere before being...
European wine grapes have their genetic roots in wester...
We used to think that European wine grapes were cultivated locally, independently of grape domestication in western Asia, but grap...
Young male elephants rein in aggression if older males ...
Young male elephants will sometimes attack humans or other animals, but seem less likely to do so if they are in the company of ol...
Dogs notice when computer animations violate Newton’s l...
Dogs seem to understand the basic way objects should behave, and stare for longer if animated balls violate expectations by rollin...
Meet the scientists who perform magic tricks on birds
Performing magic tricks with Eurasian jays helps scientists to understand the animals’ powers of perception, but also their abilit...
Covid-19 news: Isolation rules for covid cases changed ...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Wild Wild Life newsletter: The natural history of partr...
Which partridge would sit in a tree? And what happened to the world's tastiest pear? Plus how horses may be fooling archaeologists...
At least 70 'rogue' planets spotted drifting in space w...
Free-floating planets are hard to spot, but astronomers have bagged a large haul by looking for candidates in a nearby star-formin...
Bronze Age migration may have brought Celtic languages ...
Analysis of ancient DNA reveals a mass migration of people from what is now France to England and Wales between 1000 and 875 BC
Breeding with farmed fish is changing the life cycle of...
Large-scale in Norway finds the evolutionary fitness of wild Altantic salmon is being damaged after they breed with escaped fish f...
Scientists asked pet rat owners for tips on looking aft...
Owners’ insights on the behaviour of their pet rats could help researchers improve the welfare of rats in the laboratory
Covid-19 news: Moderna booster stimulates antibodies ag...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...