Science
Plantwatch: gentians – the flowers that shut when touched
Could improved pollination be the reason these flowers close up when a bee flies in?
Paul Simons
15, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM
Fastest-growing black hole of past 9bn years may have been found, Australian-led astronomers say
Scientists spot extremely luminous object powered by supermassive black hole using Coonabarabran telescope
Donna Lu
14, Jun, 2022 @5:30 PM
Wagwan? Why are more and more Britons speaking Multicultural London English?
Hench, peng, shook … if you don’t know what any of these mean, you’re nothing more than a wasteman. MLE is sweeping the country!
14, Jun, 2022 @2:22 PM
Did you solve it? When Wordle curdles
The solution to today’s word puzzles
Alex Bellos
13, Jun, 2022 @4:00 PM
Real age versus biological age: the startups revealing how old we really are
Mail-order tests promise an estimate of how well you’re ageing but the results can be just one more thing to worry about
Wilfred Chan
13, Jun, 2022 @1:43 PM
Gaia probe reveals stellar DNA and unexpected ‘starquakes’
The robotic spacecraft unravels the history of the our galaxy’s evolution – and could identify habitable regions of the Milky Way
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
13, Jun, 2022 @8:00 AM
Can you solve it? When Wordle curdles
New word puzzles
Alex Bellos
13, Jun, 2022 @6:10 AM
Starwatch: cop the keystone shape of Hercules
Although not extremely bright, Hercules will cover a large area of sky this summer
Stuart Clark
13, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM
‘I’m certainly open to criticism’: David Wengrow and the trouble with rewriting human history
Wengrow and his late co-author David Graeber caused a sensation with their revisionist view of humankind’s development. But then came the attacks…
Andrew Anthony
12, Jun, 2022 @2:00 PM
Mass frog burial baffles experts at iron age site near Cambridge
An unprecedented trove of 8,000 bones presents archaeologists at a road dig with a prehistoric mystery
Dalya Alberge
12, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM
The mind gym: five ways to make exercise a pleasure
Feeling unmotivated, tired or discouraged? Sport scientists have tested the best methods for getting out of a slump and back to your personal best
David Robson
12, Jun, 2022 @9:00 AM
Malaysia’s ‘mystery hybrid monkey’ could be result of habitat loss
Researcher says proboscis monkey may have mated with silver langur when unable to reach female of own species
Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok
12, Jun, 2022 @8:00 AM
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