Cracks in the International Space Station are causing air leaks – how much longer can it remain habitable?Christopher Newman, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Three million years after Lucy walked upright in Africa, the inside story of another landmark journeyPeter C. Kjærgaard, UCL and Mark Maslin, UCL
Free will: does refusing to believe in it make you a ‘bad’ person? Research is challenging this old ideaTom St Quinton, Leeds Beckett University
World Cup technology: from ref cams to AI analysts, cutting-edge research is changing the gameThomas Allen, Manchester Metropolitan University
Secrets of Stonehenge and other ancient sites unlocked for the summer solsticeDuncan Garrow, University of Reading
Europe wants to limit its reliance on foreign tech – but the proposed rules are weakJohan Linåker, Lund University
Germany pulled the plug on flagship FCAS fighter jet – the implications for European defence are worryingArun Dawson, King's College London
The Milky Way was rewired by a cataclysmic collision billions of years ago. Now it is on course for anotherVasily Belokurov, University of Cambridge
If AI is addictive, where does the responsibility lie – with big tech or its users?Bernd Stahl, University of Nottingham
Alien first contact: how the new rules differ from science fictionMichael Garrett, University of Manchester
Great mysteries of archaeology: an ancient Amazonian world revealed from the skyJosé Iriarte, University of Exeter
Ferrari’s first electric supercar has proved controversial – a car designer explainsAamer Mahmud, Coventry University
Nasa names Artemis III crew, but a rocket explosion has thrown US Moon plans into turmoilDaniel Brown, Nottingham Trent University
The fraudsters’ playbook: our study of Enron traders shows how easily the language of trust can be abusedMatteo Fuoli, University of Birmingham
Could it be aliens? From Cheyava Falls on Mars to exoplanet K2-18b – here’s what scientists really thinkPeter Vickers, Durham University
Birds masturbate, and that’s perfectly normalChloe Heys, University of Lancashire; Kevin Arbuckle, Swansea University, and Matilda Brindle, University of Oxford
Great apes: what we know about their cognition, cooperation and curiosity after two decades of researchAlejandro Sánchez-Amaro, University of Stirling
AI godbots: religious leaders warn of ‘alarming consequences’ when machines speak in the name of GodAdam James Fenton, Coventry University and Chris Shannahan, Coventry University
Beyond Anglo-Saxons, Celts and Vikings: DNA uncovers a dynamic history of migration to BritainJay Silverstein, Nottingham Trent University
Ancient tooth proteins suggest Homo erectus may have left a genetic legacy in people todaySally Christine Reynolds, Bournemouth University
DNA study uncovers continental origins of Britain’s bronze age populationMartin B. Richards, University of Huddersfield and Maria Pala, University of Huddersfield
Land animals evolved from ocean ancestors – new study unravels the genetics behind the transitionJialin Wei, University of Bristol
Nasa bets big on nuclear engines to cut journey times to MarsDomenico Vicinanza, Anglia Ruskin University
Could dark matter be made of black holes from a different universe?Enrique Gaztanaga, University of Portsmouth
Nasa plans to have a permanent base on the Moon by 2030 – how it can be doneKevin Olsen, University of Oxford and Fiona Henderson, University of Oxford
How Nasa’s Artemis II mission rediscovered the majesty and mystery of the MoonGareth Dorrian, University of Birmingham
As Nasa’s Artemis II Moon mission ends, a new adventure for humanity beckonsEd Macaulay, Queen Mary University of London
Psychopathy: some experts now say it doesn’t exist – here’s why we may be looking at it all wrongAva Green, City St George's, University of London
How to deal with disappointment – by an expert in this misunderstood emotionAnnette Clancy, University College Dublin
Life in the ancient Arctic: tiny teeth of newly discovered species suggest it was a cradle of mammalian evolutionSarah Shelley, University of Lincoln
Keep calm and carry on: lessons from wasps on how societies survive power strugglesSeirian Sumner, UCL and Owen Corbett, UCL
The Silence of the Lambs introduced the world to forensic entomology – but how much has the science changed since?Noemi Procopio, University of Lancashire and Paola A. Magni, Murdoch University
Asexual lizards, virgin births and clones – the all-female species of the animal kingdomLouise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University
Could warming seas bring great white sharks back to the North Sea? A 5-million-year-old shark tooth may provide cluesJohn Stewart, Bournemouth University and Olivier Lambert, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
A flesh-eating fly is advancing towards the US border – can it be stopped?Richard Wall, University of Bristol
Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physicsWilliam Barter, University of Edinburgh and Mark Smith, Imperial College London
Great Mysteries of Physics: a mind-blowing podcast from The ConversationJo Adetunji, The Conversation and Miriam Frankel, The Conversation
What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur-killing asteroid armageddon: a blow-by-blow accountMichael J. Benton, University of Bristol and Monica Grady, The Open University
How we worked out a fossilised ‘pterosaur’ was actually a fish – new researchDavid Unwin, University of Leicester
The revolution in dinosaur science started 50 years ago – here’s what we have learnedMichael J. Benton, University of Bristol and Emily Rayfield, University of Bristol
Human vision: what we actually see – and don’t see – tells us a lot about consciousnessHenry Taylor, University of Birmingham
How individual consciousness works – and makes us uniquePeter Coppola, University of Cambridge and Emmanuel A Stamatakis, University of Cambridge
How psychedelics push your brain to dream while awake – new studyAndrea Benucci, Queen Mary University of London
Your brain for sale? The new frontier of neural dataAlberto Rinaldi, Lund University and Johan Mårtensson, Lund University
How to build a digital ‘twin’ of the human brain – what existing models overlookAndrea Luppi, University of Oxford; Gustavo Deco, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and Morten L. Kringelbach, University of Oxford
Robots just captured a Russian position in Ukraine – but don’t worry about real-life Terminators just yetJacob Parakilas, RAND Europe
The Iran war has depleted supplies of tungsten, a critical mineral for the world’s militariesGavin D. J. Harper, University of Birmingham
The world’s supply of helium is being threatened by the Iran warGavin D. J. Harper, University of Birmingham
The US is using repurposed Iranian drone technology to attack Iran – a military expert explains whyArun Dawson, King's College London
How hidden soil fungi ‘steal’ bacterial DNA to control the rainDiana R. Andrade-Linares, University of Limerick
The wonders of daisies: the buffet we walk onLibby John, University of Lincoln and Sandra Varga, University of Lincoln
The story of Pope Leo’s ‘landmark’ text on AI technology – by a member of its launch panelAnna Rowlands, Durham University
The AI scientist: now academic papers can be fully automated, what does this mean for the future of research?Sorin M.S. Krammer, University of Southampton
Fears of helping the enemy are blocking international agreements on AI in weapons systemsMark Tsagas, University of East London
AI doesn’t create bias, it inherits it – how do we ensure fairness when it comes to automated decisions?Michael Mayowa Farayola, Dublin City University
AI has crossed a threshold – what Claude Mythos means for the future of cybersecurityGerald Mako, University of Cambridge
Quantum computers could expose our digital secrets – but there are much better reasons to build themKeith Martin, Royal Holloway, University of London and Briana Bowen, Royal Holloway, University of London
Could sodium replace lithium as the dominant ingredient in batteries?Syed Abdul Ahad, University of Limerick
Apple at 50: eight technology leaps that changed our worldNick Dalton, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Landmark lawsuit finds that social media addiction is a feature, not a bugQuynh Hoang, University of Leicester
Which bird has the best song? These experts think they knowJoey Baxter, University of Sheffield; Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu, University of Sussex; Josh Firth, University of Leeds; University of Oxford, and Judith Lock, University of Southampton
Do birds have accents? The fascinating regional differences in birdsongLouise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University
There’s a reason we don’t have birds the size of elephants: the mysterious story of how dinosaurs evolved – expert Q&AStephen Brusatte, University of Edinburgh
My unsung hero of science: William Adams, the Bombay bureaucrat whose vision of a solar future was dashed by colonial conservatismSebastian Egholm Lund, University of Oxford
My unsung hero of science: a pioneer of feminist psychology who foresaw the risks of biasMadeleine Pownall, University of Leeds
Our unsung hero of science: Friedrich Miescher, the man who discovered DNAKersten Hall, University of Leeds and Ralf Dahm, University of Padua
My unsung hero of science: Buckminster Fuller, the architect who wanted to redesign the world (and inspired a nanosized one)Antonios Kelarakis, University of Lancashire
Why we used to sleep in two segments – and how the modern shift changed our sense of timeDarren Rhodes, Keele University
The mathematical secrets hidden at the heart of Barcelona’s Sagrada FamíliaSergi Muria Maldonado, Universitat de Barcelona; Anton Aubanell Pou, Universitat de Barcelona, and Jordi Font González, Universitat de Barcelona
What is the chance of a message in a bottle being found?Kevin Burke, University of Limerick and David O'Sullivan, University of Limerick
The magic of maths: festive puzzles to give your brain and imagination a workoutNeil Saunders, City St George's, University of London
Amazon is making drone deliveries in the UK – here’s why nimbyism could hamper a wider rolloutPaul Cureton, Lancaster University and Anna Jackman, University of Reading
Smart motorways were halted over safety concerns – what’s the future for digital roads?Mehreen Ashraf, Cardiff University
How driverless vehicles can be made safer for deaf and hard of hearing peopleWenge Xu, Birmingham City University
Can we design sports shoes that don’t squeak? Here’s what the science saysGabriele Albertini, University of Nottingham
Table tennis robot defeats some of world’s best players – why this has major implications for roboticsKartikeya Walia, Nottingham Trent University
Football is being spoiled by time-wasting – what can be done ahead of the World Cup?Carl Singleton, University of Stirling; David Butler, University College Cork, and Robert Butler, University College Cork
Elite gymnasts are no longer retiring after pregnancy – sport science needs to catch upGabriella Penitente, Sheffield Hallam University
The more commodified your job, the more likely AI can do it – lessons from online freelancingFabian Stephany, University of Oxford
AI and work: an expert assesses how far this revolution still has to runVivek Soundararajan, University of Bath
Is AI replacing the work of skilled radiologists? They give us their thoughtsYuxuan Wu, University of Birmingham
How the AI boom was enabled by a 1970s economic revolutionMichael Strange, Malmö University and Marisa Ponti, University of Gothenburg
The story of the first telephone call – nine words that changed the worldIwan Rhys Morus, Aberystwyth University
What secret report reveals about British nuclear weapons tests – veterans claimed they were harmed by falloutChristopher R. Hill, University of South Wales and Jonathan Hogg, University of Liverpool
Is the biggest march in English history a myth? My research shows King Harold sailed down to the battle of HastingsTom Licence, University of East Anglia
We are in a digital version of the enclosures – like the landowners, big tech has power without responsibilityNana Nwachukwu, Trinity College Dublin
Why some people still believe that aliens shaped ancient civilisationsStephan Blum, University of Tübingen and Stefan Baumann, KU Leuven
We’re ‘green chemists’ – why we think this emerging science can transform the way the world uses its resourcesAndrew C Marr, Queen's University Belfast and Paul Anastas, Yale University
Chemistry is stuck in the dark ages – ‘chemputation’ can bring it into the digital worldLee Cronin, University of Glasgow
Space launches are changing the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere, studies warn – here’s what can be doneIan Williams, University of Southampton
‘It ain’t no unicorn’: meet the researchers who’ve interviewed 130 Bigfoot huntersJamie Lewis, Cardiff University and Andy Bartlett, University of Sheffield
What the constant sound of modern life is doing to our mindsVictor (Vik) Pérez, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Animals’ perception of time is linked to the pace of their life – new studyKevin Healy, University of Galway