Why scientists are also watching animal YouTube videos
"One of my students, for example - who is looking for instances of play in animals that haven't been described...
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Ancient DNA reveals secrets of Pompeii victims
"It was all about the preservation of the skeletons," explained Prof Gabriele Scorrano, from the Lundbeck GeoGenetics centre in Copenhagen,...
Climate Change: MPs say building demolitions must be reduced
The Committee chairman, Philip Dunne MP, said: "From homes to offices, retail units to hospitality venues, our buildings have a...
Government sends gene-edited food bill to Parliament
"Ultimately, society is going to benefit from new discoveries of better crops and more nutritious food," he told BBC News....
Boeing’s Starliner astronaut capsule launches on test flight
The re-run is following the same planned profile: an uncrewed mission to the International Space Station. That said, an anthropomorphic...
Extinction: Why scientists are freezing threatened species in ‘biobanks’
Earlier this year at Chester, Goshi, a nine-year-old female jaguar, was found dead in her enclosure. Vet Gabby Drake carefully...
Girls see physics as for white men only, MPs told
In response, Ofsted's Dr Jasper Green told the committee that school inspectors were already addressing how to improve girls' participation...
Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwaves
The new analysis comes as a State of the Climate report from the World Meteorological Organisation, the UN's atmospheric science...
Climate change: Airlines miss all but one target – report
In response to the report Matt Gorman, chair of the industry body Sustainable Aviation Coalition, told BBC News: "Technology improvements...
Vaquita: World’s most endangered sea mammal ‘not doomed’
"Our study very clearly shows that the vaquita has a really good chance of avoiding extinction, if we are able...
Climate change: Spring egg-laying shifts by three weeks
Researchers have certainly lived up to the condition of that bequest. In an area of about 800 acres, there are...
Rocket Lab: Helicopter catches returning booster over the Pacific
His new venture, E-Space, proposes to loft tens of thousands of satellites. But mindful of the congestion in orbit and...
Rural areas held back by housing and infrastructure woes, report warns
Calling it "one of the most comprehensive inquiries into the productivity of the rural economy" the co-chairman of the APPG,...
Cambridge University study finds Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly vegetarian
The pair worked together to decipher royal food lists and discovered similar patterns of servings - like a modest amount...
Sir David Attenborough named Champion of the Earth by UN
"If we stand a chance of averting climate and biodiversity breakdowns and cleaning up polluted ecosystems, it's because millions of...
Scientists appeal to trace meteorite near Shrewsbury
Prof Joy, from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Manchester University added: "The meteorite won't be hot and...
Climate change: COP26 promises will hold warming under 2C
"There are options available for policymakers to respond to the current crisis that can also be in line with our...
NZ professor snorkels over Tonga volcano
"And because most of the evidence is underwater, there needs to be these boat studies, as well as the studies...
