Humans pass more viruses to other animals than we catch from them

Humans pass on more viruses to domestic and wild animals than we catch from them, according to a major new analysis For the new paper...

Analysis of teeth from Arctic seals reveals Arctic Ocean changes going back to 1950s

Research by University of Liverpool ocean scientists has found that found that food webs in the Barents Sea have been affected by our changing...

Vesuvius victims suffered a slower death than believed

It was initially thought that the residents of the seaside town of Herculaneum, who fled to stone boat houses along the beachfront when disaster...

Dinosaurs’ ascent driven by volcanoes powering climate change

The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over 230 million years ago, a new study reveals. The Late Triassic...

What will happen when our sun dies?

cientists agree the sun will die in approximately five billion years, but they weren’t sure what would happen next…until now. A team of international astronomers,...

The rare molecule weighing in on the birth of planets

Astronomers have discovered a rare molecule in the dust and gas disc around a young star – and it may provide an answer to...

Environmental Impact Assessments may hugely underestimate the effect that new developments have on wildlife

Environmental Impact Assessments may hugely underestimate the effect that new developments have on wildlife, according to new research. Scientists at the University of East Anglia...

Technology reunites lost buildings and art of Renaissance Florence for the first time in...

The extraordinary lost buildings and art of Renaissance Florence can be viewed together for the first time in centuries thanks to innovative free technology...

Scientists find new evidence of massive tsunami that devastated ancient Britain in 6200BC

Scientists led by the University of Bradford have made a major breakthrough in the hunt for confirmation of a historic mega tsunami that is...

Rochdale MP Backs Campaign to Stop Delays to Blood Cancer Diagnosis

Tony Lloyd MP is supporting a campaign to reduce the number of blood cancer patients who experience potentially life-threatening delays to diagnosis.  He met with...