Terrawatch: oxygen feasts and famines kick-started complex life
Examining isotopes in Cambrian rocks reveals ‘boom and bust’ cycles in levels of gas Life…
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McConaughey or Culkin? Algorithm predicts actors’ peak years
Researchers say best years tend to be preceded by rise in number of acting credits…
Ancient gene mutation could protect against diabetes, study finds
Mutant form linked to rise of cooking helps about half of humans keep blood sugar…
Brexit ‘may bar UK scientists from €100bn EU research fund’
Nobel prize winner warns UK science will suffer unless it can gain access to Horizon…
Can you solve it? Dogs in pursuit
A quick mental run-around UPDATE: The solution can now be read by clicking here. Today’s…
New head and neck cancer drug could help patients live longer
Pembrolizumab with platinum chemotherapy less ‘aggressive’ and extended survival rates Immunotherapy could help patients with…
Jack Cohen obituary
Reproductive biologist and author of popular science and science fiction books best known for the…
Did you solve it? Dogs in pursuit
The solution to today’s puzzle Earlier today I set you the following puzzle: Four dogs…
I’ve had children at school for 27 years. At last I can stop pretending to like it | Suzanne Moore
No more parents’ evenings, PTA meetings and tedious texts about rules – I can’t wait…
Starwatch: how to find Hercules and Corona Borealis
Two of the constellations first defined by Ptolemy, though faint, are well placed for observation…