Science
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What Trump’s first week means for climate, science, health and energy
The incoming president signed a suite of executive orders last week YURI GRIPAS/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock In the first week of his second…
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Habitable planets could have formed at the dawn of the universe
Illustration of an exoplanet in the early universe Darryl Fonseka/Alamy Conditions in the early universe might have enabled rocky planets…
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Severance review: This is still the most thoughtful, complex show on television
Why is Mark Scout (Adam Scott) so important to the company? AppleTV SeveranceDan EricksonApple TV+ (Episodes releasing weekly from 17 January)…
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Covid smell loss eased by injecting blood cells into the nose
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (gold) within a nasal cell BSIP SA/Alamy People who had lost their sense…
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Spreading rock dust on farms to capture carbon could change Earth’s reflectivity
Crushed rocks are spread on fields to absorb carbon dioxide from the air SO-Photography/Alamy Using crushed rock dust to speed…
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Gorgeous images capture coral breeding breakthrough
For the first time in Europe, coral researchers have successfully fertilised coral eggs using frozen and thawed sperm. Spectacular images…
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Setting fire to a million acres of California could cut smoke by half
Firefighters in California during a prescribed burn San Francisco Chronicle via Getty You can fight fire with fire, even in…
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The world is on track for between 1.9 and 3.7°C of warming by 2100
Coal power plants contribute to global warming Walaiporn Sangkeaw Current policies of governments around the world are likely to result…
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Fancy pigeons flaunt their feathers in this striking photo series
Franconian Trumpeter Luisa Maria Stagno The bizarre, beautiful and, at times, almost comical diversity of “fancy pigeons” is captured here…
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This optical illusion expands as you stare at it – and now we know why
The expanding hole illusion seems to mess with your mind, but really your eyes are to blame Akiyoshi Kitaoka, Ritsumeikan…
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