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Category: Science
Caffeine-fuelled bumblebees are better at foraging for ...
Bumblebees that get a boost of caffeine are better able to remember the odours of specific flowers, helping them to forage in futu...
X-rays can echo and bend around the back of supermassiv...
Flashes of X-rays have been spotted echoing from behind a supermassive black hole, confirming one of the predictions of Albert Ein...
Some male fish let rivals woo females and then hijack t...
Dominant male sailfin tetras stay hidden and watch while smaller, less-dominant males persuade a female to lay eggs – then they st...
Covid-19 news: Health leaders warn of pressure on NHS i...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Eight reasons why the UK's coronavirus cases appear to ...
Official figures suggest that UK coronavirus infections have fallen for seven days in a row, but there are many explanations as to...
Most detailed human genome sequence yet reveals our hid...
The first analyses of a new and more complete version of the human genome reveal enormous amounts of previously-undetected variati...
Stars sped up by black holes may outshine supernovae wh...
Some stars orbiting supermassive black holes are expected to move close to the speed of light, and when they collide they may rele...
Can we fix climate models to better predict record-shat...
The ability of climate models to predict extremes has been called into question following a string of intense weather events aroun...
Vacuuming DNA from air can reveal which animals are pre...
Detecting DNA in air samples could make it much easier to monitor biodiversity around the world and also help in other fields suc...
Covid-19 news: Longer gap between Pfizer shots may boos...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
We thought our eyes turned off when moving quickly, but...
It’s sometimes been assumed that we experience brief periods without vision every time we shift our focus from one point to anothe...
Termite gut microbes can help turn toxic wood into biof...
Microbes isolated from the stomachs of termites can decontaminate timber that's been treated with toxic preservatives, enabling it...