Science
Sex on the beach: pressures of extreme polygamy may be driving southern elephant seals to early death
Study finds males, who can command a harem of up to 100 females, driven to gain weight as quickly as possible by foraging in areas full of predators
Donna Lu Science writer
22, Mar, 2023 @2:13 AM
Olga Kennard obituary
Crystallographer who set up a central repository for data to be used as an essential resource by researchers around the world
Georgina Ferry
21, Mar, 2023 @5:18 PM
Psychedelic brew ayahuasca’s profound impact revealed in brain scans
Study gives most advanced picture yet of DMT compound’s effect on advanced functions such as imagination
Ian Sample Science editor
20, Mar, 2023 @10:34 PM
Did you solve it? The infinite monkey theorem
The answer to today’s typing teaser
Alex Bellos
20, Mar, 2023 @5:00 PM
Calls for ban on light-polluting mass satellite groups like Elon Musk’s Starlink
Astronomers urge people to stand up to ‘big light’ industry amid unchecked brightening of night sky
Nicola Davis
20, Mar, 2023 @4:00 PM
Can you solve it? The infinite monkey theorem
Go ape with your brain
Alex Bellos
20, Mar, 2023 @7:22 AM
Starwatch: a tiny sliver of moon between Venus and Jupiter
New moon will be the thinnest of all crescents with just 5% of its surface illuminated
Stuart Clark
20, Mar, 2023 @5:00 AM
Why you should make the most of the extra daylight when the clocks change
Daylight helps to regulate hormones and the immune system. It’s good for sleep and can help with depression. So be glad of the extra daylight when it comes
Katherine Latham
19, Mar, 2023 @4:00 PM
The forgotten maths genius who laid the foundations for Isaac Newton
A new play explores the short life of Jeremiah Horrocks, whose astonishing discoveries ‘changed the way we see the universe’
Donna Ferguson
19, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM
A Brief History of Time is ‘wrong’, Stephen Hawking told collaborator
Thomas Hertog worked with cosmologist on a new book after he shared his doubts about A Brief History of Time
Robin McKie Science Editor
19, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM
‘The fungal awakening’: how we came to love (and fear) fungi
From sci-fi smash hits to drug trials, an emerging league of mycophiles are bringing fungi out of the shadows
Alison Pouliot
18, Mar, 2023 @7:00 PM
Aviation chiefs rejected measures to curb climate impact of jet vapours
Airline industry claimed science not ‘robust’ enough to implement new controls to combat climate warming caused by vapour trails
Ben Webster, Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Lucas Amin
18, Mar, 2023 @1:10 PM
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