Risk of risk of intense tropical cyclones will double by 2050

Human-caused climate change will make strong tropical cyclones twice as frequent by the middle of the century, putting large parts of the world at...
A new method for detecting tsunamis using GPS satellites orbiting Earth could serve as an effective warning system for countries worldwide

Space-based system using GPS satellites could warn of incoming tsunamis

A new method for detecting tsunamis using existing GPS satellites orbiting Earth could serve as an effective warning system for countries worldwide, according to...
Scientists have found types of plastic loving bacteria that stick to plastic that may enable them to ‘hitchhike’ across the ocean

New bacteria found that stick to plastic in the deep sea

Scientists have found new types of plastic loving bacteria that stick to plastic in the deep sea that may enable them to ‘hitchhike’ across...

Study sheds new light on the origin of civilisation

New research challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical societies by creating agricultural surplus...

Scientists discover ancient earthquake, as powerful as the biggest ever recorded

A new study has discovered that an ancient super-earthquake took place in Northern Chile, on the same scale as the largest recorded quake in...

Darwin was right-New study finally proves that birds are more colourful near the Equator

The long-held theory that birds closer to the equator are more colourful than birds nearer the poles has been proven by scientists The findings, published...

Mammals put brawn before brains after dinosaurs died out

Prehistoric mammals bulked up, rather than develop bigger brains, to boost their survival chances once dinosaurs had become extinct, research suggests. For the first 10...

Why mother nature believes in the elegance of simplicity.

Research recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Oxford-led scientists suggests that Mother Nature plays favourites and that she believes...

Warmer summers and meltwater lakes are threatening the fringes of the world’s largest ice...

A first-of-its-kind study looking at surface meltwater lakes around the East Antarctic Ice Sheet across a seven-year period has found that the area and...

A robot small enough to explore the lungs

Engineers and scientists have paved the way for a robot that can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs – to...