Beach cleaners on a small Orkney island have been finding far more rubbish than usual, including items that look decades old and apparently travelled a very long way to get there
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Quantum machines keep falling over because their qubits are too easy to disturb, but now researchers say they’ve nailed a key step for a new style that read their state cleanly, in real time
Researchers at the Universities of Portsmouth and Dundee find abnormal temperatures are linked to pessimism about finances and life satisfaction.
Often, we end up daydreaming or wondering what life would have been like if we had chosen otherwise. Scientists have long believed this ability is unique to humans but it may not really be so.
After the extreme 2023 and 2024 event, scientists warn that the Pacific Ocean may be heading towards another warm episode. The rapid recurrence of El Niño challenges historical patterns and raises the risk of new global temperature records.
A new strategy could help researchers track micro- and nanoplastics within living organisms, addressing a major gap in understanding how these particles move, transform, and cause harm.
A massive global study tracking over 31,000 tree species suggests forests are drifting towards the same few fast-growing “sprinter” types - squeezing out slower natives and weakening biodiversity and carbon storage
The UN has appointed a new chair for the global plastics treaty negotiations, raising hopes the stalled process can move again - with campaigners already pushing for production cuts
An anomaly in the depths of the Indian Ocean 20,000 years ago might have altered the pace of global warming. A study reconstructs how our planet emerged from the last ice age
New chemical measurements from a distant star system shed light on how massive gas giants form.
Researchers use laser technology to reveal pre colonial cities in the Bolivian Amazon, with monumental pyramids, sophisticated canals, and evidence of complex urban development that transforms our understanding of ancient American peoples.
It was thought the Snowball Earth was completely frozen and the climate shut down, but analysis of well-preserved rock suggests that might not have been the case.