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Little garden using yellow can to water small plant

Hosepipe ban survival guide: which garden plants to save and which to sacrifice

Alastair Culham, University of Reading

Outline of a foetus, surrounded by stars and a clock face

Floating babies, cosmic radiation and zero-gravity birth: what space pregnancy might actually involve

Arun Vivian Holden, University of Leeds

Dog thefts: what really happened during the COVID pandemic

Daniel Allen, Keele University; John Walliss, University of Derby, and Melanie Flynn, Liverpool Hope University

Border collie dog looking anxious
Why it’s not a problem that dinosaurs are sold for millions of dollars – art historian

Mark Westgarth, University of Leeds

Sotheby's publicity photograph for the Creatosaurus skeleton.
The hidden history behind every rose blooming this summer

Alexander Bowles, University of Oxford

Man holding out single red rose.
Cognitive warfare: why wars without bombs or bullets are a legal blind spot

David Gisselsson Nord, Lund University and Alberto Rinaldi, Lund University

A giant hand in business suit holding string connecting to people, showcasing manipulation, pressure and control of society.
Close up picture of brown eyes from a young man/

Lions rugby tour: why visual training, including juggling, can be a secret weapon in elite sports

Zoe Wimshurst, Health Sciences University

New discovery at Cern could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter

William Barter, University of Edinburgh

New discovery at Cern could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter
We detected deep pulses beneath Africa – what we learned could help us understand volcanic activity

Emma Watts, Swansea University; Derek Keir, University of Southampton, and Thomas Gernon, University of Southampton

Lava spilling out of volcanic rock.
Why many Americans still think Darwin was wrong, yet the British don’t

Edward White, Kingston University

Street preacher holding a sign that says evolution is a lie.
The forgotten 80-year-old machine that shaped the internet – and could help us survive AI

Martin Rudorfer, Aston University

Vannevar Bush

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Space

Trifid nebula

Could the first images from the Vera Rubin telescope change how we view space for good?

Professor Manda Banerji, University of Southampton and Dr Phil Wiseman, University of Southampton

The mystery of Mercury’s missing meteorites – and how we may have finally found some

Ben Rider-Stokes, The Open University

Mercury seen by Nasa's Messenger spacecraft on the left. On the right, there's an approximation of Mercury’s true colour as might be seen by the human eye.
Living on Mars: are there lessons from prisons?

Lucy Berthoud, University of Bristol

Astronaut on planet Mars, sitting on a cliff above a research station.
Esa at 50: how the space agency helped keep Europe at the frontiers of science

Martin Barstow, University of Leicester

Huygens landing
What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning? Our research suggests it may have taken place inside a black hole

Enrique Gaztanaga, University of Portsmouth

3D illustration of big glowing black hole in space

Tech

Wimbledon’s electronic line-calling system shows we still can’t replace human judgment

Feng Li, City St George's, University of London

Tennis ball
From robotic trucks to smart bins: how technology is helping cities sort their waste problem

Breno Nunes, Aston University and Roberto Castro Alamino, Aston University

From robotic trucks to smart bins: how technology is helping cities sort their waste problem
AI might now be as good as humans at detecting emotion, political leaning and sarcasm in online conversations

Ana Jovančević, University of Limerick

AI might now be as good as humans at detecting emotion, political leaning and sarcasm in online conversations
What happens to your brain when you watch videos online at faster speeds than normal

Marcus Pearce, Queen Mary University of London

Man watching laptop while eating breakfast

Animals

Alpha males are surprisingly rare among primates – new research

Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University

Monkey with white fur tufts of the side of her head looks at the camera.
How pterosaurs learned to fly: scientists have been looking in the wrong place to solve this mystery

Davide Foffa, University of Birmingham; Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza, UCL, and Emma Dunne, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

An artist's impression of Pterosaurs flying over an ancient lagoon.
A flesh-eating fly is spreading north to the US. It could devastate livestock farming if not controlled

Hannah Rose Vineer, University of Liverpool and Livio Martins Costa Junior

Cattle
What dinosaur fossils could teach us about cancer

Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University

Young boy uses stethoscope on toy dinosaur.

Editor's picks

3D illustration of big glowing black hole in space

What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning? Our research suggests it may have taken place inside a black hole

Enrique Gaztanaga, University of Portsmouth

Most plant-friendly fungi are a mystery to scientists

Katie Field, University of Sheffield and Thomas Parker, James Hutton Institute

Closeup of a bright red mushroom,
Can you spot a ‘fake’ accent? It will depend on where you’re from

Jonathan R. Goodman, University of Cambridge

Portrait of two cautious and thoughtful men wearing white T-shirts looking at each other with skeptical and suspicious expression, holding hands on chin.
Self determination theory: how to use it to boost wellbeing

Mark Fabian, University of Warwick

Female hiker crossing the forest creek.
Why evolution can explain human testicle size but not our unique chins

Max Telford, UCL

Pensive chimpanzee against black background

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