Hunter-gatherers in Tanzania have incredibly diverse gut microbiomes
The huge diversity of the gut microbiome of Hadza hunter-gatherers from Tanzania hints at how industrialisation has influenced the variety…
Hopes for new physics dashed by ordinary-looking W bosons at CERN
In 2022, physicists were excited by hints that something was wrong with our understanding of the universe - but new…
AI beats human experts at distinguishing American whiskey from Scotch
Using descriptions of flavours or chemical data, artificial intelligence can tell apart whiskies from different countries and identify their constitue
Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 have fallen again
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but as astronomers make more observations about its…
Oldest ant fossil ever found shows how ants took over the world
A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern hemisphere…
China’s CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?
For the first time ever, China’s carbon dioxide emissions have declined even as its power demand has increased, a possible…
Massaging the neck and face may help flush waste out of the brain
Scientists have found a way to boost the brain's system to clear waste from the organ in mice, which could…
We’ve seen a star devouring a planet for the first time
In a preview of what’s to come for Earth in about 5 billion years, astronomers have spotted a sun-like star…
Nobel prize for chemistry goes to trio behind quantum dots work
The 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry has gone to Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov for inventing quantum dots,…
Everything we know about the EG.5 covid-19 variant and its symptoms
EG.5, the latest omicron covid-19 subvariant that is being dubbed "Eris", may spread more easily than past versions of the…