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Mystery solved: when mammals’ ancestors became warm-blooded
Tritylodon, a therapsid, reconstructed as a night dwelling warm blooded animal. Note the steam coming out of its…
A cosmic time machine: how the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe
NASA/JWST Sara Webb, Swinburne University of Technology It has been an exciting week with the release of breathtaking…
How forests lost 8,000 years of stored carbon in a few generations – animated maps reveal climate lessons for tree-planting projects today
Trees like these near Traverse City, Michigan, remove carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away. Owen…
When did the first fish live on Earth – and how do scientists figure out the timing?
Reconstruction of Haikouichthys ercaicunensis based on fossil evidence. Talifero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Isaac Skromne, University of Richmond Curious…
Heatwave: why extreme weather forecasts have improved so much
Neil Hall/EPA Rob Thompson, University of Reading The UK has recorded its hottest ever temperature, passing 40℃ for…
Reinfection will be part of the pandemic for months to come. Each repeat illness raises the risk of long COVID
Shutterstock/Elizaveta Galitckaia John Donne Potter, Massey University The latest Omicron variant BA.5 is fast becoming dominant worldwide, including…
Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up
Stephen Burt, University of Reading Sleeping at the height of summer can sometimes feel impossible. And with gruelling…
COVID: risk of diabetes and heart disease is higher after infection – but maybe only temporarily
After COVID, people are at increased risk of being diagnosed with diabetes. Ahmet Misirligul/Shutterstock Emma Rezel-Potts, King’s College…
To search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it’s possible to do so
TRAPPIST-1e is a rocky exoplanet in the habitable zone of a star 40 light-years from Earth and may…
Ancient salamander was hidden inside mystery rock for 50 years – new research
Marmorerpeton Brennan Stokkermans , Author provided Marc Emyr Huw Jones, UCL; Roger Benson, University of Oxford, and Susan…