Researcher discovers ‘neck-like’ vertebral motion in fish
A University of Liverpool researcher has discovered that fish can bend their spines and heads upwards, despite having different anatomy from humans and other...
How the development of skulls and beaks made Darwin’s famous finches one of the...
Darwin’s finches are among the most celebrated examples of adaptive radiation in the evolution of modern vertebrates and now a new study, led by...
New species of ‘missing link’ between dinosaurs and birds identified
Known as the ‘Icon of Evolution’ and ‘the missing link’ between dinosaurs and birds, Archaeopteryx has become one of the most famous fossil discoveries...
Bots less bother on Twitter than celebs, study finds
Messages posted by bots on divisive issues such as Brexit, immigration or climate have far less impact on users’ views than those from famous...
Shedding new light on the Enigma machine
Scientists working at The University of Manchester have shone new light on the Enigma machine used by the German military in World War Two...
Death by Spaghettification: Scientists Record Last Moments of Star Devoured by a Black Hole
A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by a supermassive black hole, has been spotted by scientists...
Cancer rates in medieval Britain were around ten times higher than previously thought, study...
The first study to use x-rays and CT scans to detect evidence of cancer among the skeletal remains of a pre-industrial population suggests that...
Last year the warmest year on record without an El Niño
Provisional figures for global average near-surface temperatures confirm that last year, 2017, was the warmest year on record without the influence of warming from...
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...
AI tool could help thousands avoid fatal heart attacks
An AI tool that can predict 10-year risk of deadly heart attacks, could transform treatment for patients who undergo CT scans to investigate chest...