Space launches are changing the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere, studies warn – here’s what can be doneIan Williams, University of Southampton
Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhereUdisha Saklani, King's College London
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
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
That cosy candle? It’s also polluting the air you’re breathingKarin Rosenkilde Laursen, Aarhus University
World’s biggest astronomy camera seeks to answer pressing questions about the universeJoshua Weston, Queen's University Belfast
Will AI tools make better police officers?Federico Iannacci, University of Sussex and Stan Karanasios, The University of Queensland
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
What makes the ideal Airbnb host? We studied guest experiences to find outNektarios Tzempelikos, Anglia Ruskin University and Pantea Foroudi, Brunel University of 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
How the AI boom was enabled by a 1970s economic revolutionMichael Strange, Malmö University and Marisa Ponti, University of Gothenburg
Animals’ perception of time is linked to the pace of their life – new studyKevin Healy, University of Galway
Elite gymnasts are no longer retiring after pregnancy – sport science needs to catch upGabriella Penitente, Sheffield Hallam University
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
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
DNA study uncovers continental origins of Britain’s bronze age populationMartin B. Richards, University of Huddersfield and Maria Pala, University of Huddersfield
This waterlogged corner of England was once only habitable during summer. Climate change could make it so againJess Neumann, University of Reading
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
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
Fish use more energy to stay still than previously thoughtOtar Akanyeti, Aberystwyth University and Valentina Di Santo, University of California, San Diego
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
Self-driving cars are poorly prepared for high-risk road situations – here’s how AI can improve themMingming Liu, Dublin City University
Is social media addictive? How it keeps you clicking and the harms it can causeQuynh Hoang, University of Leicester
Snowball Earth wasn’t fully frozen: ice-free oases sheltered early lifeChloe Griffin, University of Southampton and Thomas Gernon, University of Southampton
Early Mars was warm and wet not icy, suggests latest researchGareth Dorrian, University of Birmingham
‘It ain’t no unicorn’: meet the researchers who’ve interviewed 130 Bigfoot huntersJamie Lewis, Cardiff University and Andy Bartlett, University of Sheffield
Pink noise: what is it and can listening to it make your sleep worse?Robert MacKinnon, Anglia Ruskin University
How to stay positive when it never stops raining – a psychologist offers tipsLuke Hodson, University of Warwick
How 1.5 million km of undersea internet cables can double up as an earthquake and tsunami warning systemMarc-Andre Gutscher, Université de Bretagne occidentale
Why are safety concerns being raised inside Porton Down, Britain’s nerve centre of chemical and biological research?Thomas Keegan, Lancaster University
Stop overthinking your Valentine’s gift – behavioural science says you’re probably worrying about the wrong thingGaëlle Vallée-Tourangeau, Kingston University
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
What the first medical evacuation from the International Space Station tells us about healthcare in spaceKirsty Lindsay, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Luke Hughes, Northumbria University, Newcastle, and Nick Caplan, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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
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
Autistic people seem to feel joy differently – here’s what it can tell us about neurodivergenceAimee Grant, Swansea University
How giant ‘Blobs’ of rock have influenced Earth’s magnetic field for millions of years – new researchAndrew Biggin, University of Liverpool
My unsung hero of science: Frank Malina – fearless rocket engineer, groundbreaking artist and communist ‘traitor’Stephen Roddy, University College Cork
