Humans’ closest invertebrate ancestors date back much further than thought – how we discovered the fossils that show thisLuke Parry, University of Oxford; Frankie Dunn, University of Oxford, and Gaorong Li, University of Oxford
Our modern vision evolved from an ancient one-eyed worm creatureGeorge Kafetzis, University of Sussex and Dan Nilsson, Lund University
The world’s supply of helium is being threatened by the Iran warGavin D. J. Harper, University of Birmingham
Heat shield safety concerns raise stakes for Nasa’s Artemis II Moon missionEd Macaulay, Queen Mary University of London
Why is the US going back round the Moon with Artemis II? A space policy expert explainsGemma Ware, The Conversation
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
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
Apple at 50: eight technology leaps that changed our worldNick Dalton, Northumbria University, Newcastle
A flesh-eating fly is advancing towards the US border – can it be stopped?Richard Wall, University of Bristol
Ancient bones show dogs have been woven into human life for nearly 16,000 yearsAndrew Fairbairn, The University of Queensland; Douglas Baird, University of Liverpool, and Gokhan Mustafaoglu, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University
Landmark lawsuit finds that social media addiction is a feature, not a bugQuynh Hoang, University of Leicester
Land animals evolved from ocean ancestors – new study unravels the genetics behind the transitionJialin Wei, University of Bristol
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 AI health chatbots won’t make you better at diagnosing yourself – new researchRebecca Payne, Bangor University; University of Oxford
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
Why do some people eat soil? From a prisoner’s lifeline to a modern tasting menu, the history of geophagyZander Simpson, Durham University
Human vision: what we actually see – and don’t see – tells us a lot about consciousnessHenry Taylor, University of Birmingham
Why drawing eyes on food packaging could stop seagulls stealing your chipsLaura Kelley, University of Exeter
Can British drones help secure the strait of Hormuz for international shipping?Arun Dawson, King's College London
Why some people still believe that aliens shaped ancient civilisationsStephan Blum, University of Tübingen and Stefan Baumann, KU Leuven
Iran war shows how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’Craig Jones, Newcastle University and Helen M Kinsella, University of Minnesota
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
What humour means to older people – and why some find it hard to keep on laughingHeather Heap, Aberystwyth University
How conversation works – and why people with hearing loss rely more on their powers of predictionRuth Corps, University of Sheffield
How psychedelics push your brain to dream while awake – new studyAndrea Benucci, Queen Mary University of London
How driverless vehicles can be made safer for deaf and hard of hearing peopleWenge Xu, Birmingham City University
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
Deep underground, a telescope may soon detect ghosts of stars that died before Earth existedPablo Martinez Mirave, University of Copenhagen
Space launches are changing the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere, studies warn – here’s what can be doneIan Williams, University of Southampton
We are in a digital version of the enclosures – like the landowners, big tech has power without responsibilityNana Nwachukwu, Trinity College Dublin
Can we design sports shoes that don’t squeak? Here’s what the science saysGabriele Albertini, University of Nottingham
The US is using repurposed Iranian drone technology to attack Iran – a military expert explains whyArun Dawson, King's College London
The story of the first telephone call – nine words that changed the worldIwan Rhys Morus, Aberystwyth University
How big data is transforming what we know about the universeMuiris MacCarthaigh, Queen's University Belfast and Joshua Weston, Queen's University Belfast
World’s biggest astronomy camera seeks to answer pressing questions about the universeJoshua Weston, Queen's University Belfast
How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farmingNima Shokri, United Nations University and Salome M. S. Shokri-Kuehni, United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
When your eyelids become a cinema screen: what strobing light reveals about the brainDavid Schwartzman, University of Sussex
The wonders of daisies: the buffet we walk onLibby John, University of Lincoln and Sandra Varga, University of Lincoln
Anthropic v the US military: what this public feud says about the use of AI in warfareElke Schwarz, Queen Mary University of London and Neil Renic, University of Copenhagen
What the constant sound of modern life is doing to our mindsVictor (Vik) Pérez, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
How the AI boom was enabled by a 1970s economic revolutionMichael Strange, Malmö University and Marisa Ponti, University of Gothenburg
Elite gymnasts are no longer retiring after pregnancy – sport science needs to catch upGabriella Penitente, Sheffield Hallam University
Animals’ perception of time is linked to the pace of their life – new studyKevin Healy, University of Galway
Scorpions can pose a deadly threat to children – we’re identifying the global hotspotsMichel Dugon, University of Galway
Crocuses are blooming early – here’s what this means for natureLionel Smith, Anglia Ruskin University
DNA study uncovers continental origins of Britain’s bronze age populationMartin B. Richards, University of Huddersfield and Maria Pala, University of Huddersfield
Nancy Guthrie kidnapping: can Bitcoin ransom demand be used to track down the criminals?Abdul Jabbar, University of Leicester and Araz Zirar, University of Huddersfield
Deep sea landscapes are a new frontier of human exploration – here’s what we may findJessica Irving, University of Bristol and Elizabeth Day, Imperial College London
What makes a city beautiful? Here’s what ratings of thousands of urban landscapes revealEugene Malthouse, University of Nottingham and Sidney Sherborne, University of Warwick
Moon sighting is a key part of Muslim life – how the lunar cycle determines the start of Ramadan and EidImad Ahmed, University of Cambridge and Emma L Alexander, University of Leeds
Self-driving cars are poorly prepared for high-risk road situations – here’s how AI can improve themMingming Liu, Dublin City University
Why coping with heavy rain in Scotland’s whisky country shows how to save water for the summerJosie Geris, University of Aberdeen and Megan Klaar, University of Leeds
Early Mars was warm and wet not icy, suggests latest researchGareth Dorrian, University of Birmingham
Proposed new mission will create artificial solar eclipses in spaceNicola Baresi, University of Surrey; Huw Morgan, Aberystwyth University, and Lucie Green, UCL
What’s the point of a space station around the Moon?Berna Akcali Gur, Queen Mary University of London
Wormholes may not exist – we’ve found they reveal something deeper about time and the universeEnrique Gaztanaga, University of Portsmouth
The race to mine the Moon is on – and it urgently needs some clear international rulesAdam Urwick, RAND Europe and Jessie Osborne, RAND Europe
Moltbook: AI bots use social network to create religions and deal digital drugs – but are some really humans in disguise?David Reid, Liverpool Hope University
Five ways quantum technology could shape everyday lifeSalil Gunashekar, RAND Europe; Adam Urwick, RAND Europe, and Teodora Chis, RAND Europe
Fish use more energy to stay still than previously thoughtOtar Akanyeti, Aberystwyth University and Valentina Di Santo, University of California, San Diego
The brilliant and bizarre ways birds use their sense of smell – from natural cologne to pest controlJoey Baxter, University of Sheffield
Some dogs can pick up hundreds of words – do they learn like children?Juliane Kaminski, University of Portsmouth
‘It ain’t no unicorn’: meet the researchers who’ve interviewed 130 Bigfoot huntersJamie Lewis, Cardiff University and Andy Bartlett, University of Sheffield
Snowball Earth wasn’t fully frozen: ice-free oases sheltered early lifeChloe Griffin, University of Southampton and Thomas Gernon, University of Southampton
Why are safety concerns being raised inside Porton Down, Britain’s nerve centre of chemical and biological research?Thomas Keegan, Lancaster University
Is social media addictive? How it keeps you clicking and the harms it can causeQuynh Hoang, University of Leicester
Pink noise: what is it and can listening to it make your sleep worse?Robert MacKinnon, Anglia Ruskin University