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Male wasps use spiky genitals to defend themselves...
Male mason wasps have no sting, but they have spines on their genitals that can cause a pricking pai...
Mars has enough wind to power bases near the poles...
An analysis of the wind energy available on Mars finds that one well-placed turbine could enable a g...
Ichthyosaurs used a barren region of the ocean as ...
Marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs, which resembled whales and dolphins, seem to have gathered to g...
Countries agree landmark deal to halt global decli...
Nations have pledged to "reverse biodiversity loss" by 2030 at the COP15 summit, but campaigners say...
COP15: How much money do we need to stop biodivers...
Several high-income countries have made pledges at COP15 to fund programmes to protect biodiversity ...
COP15: What is the 30 by 30 biodiversity target an...
Under the 30 by 30 biodiversity target, countries would pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and se...
Strep A kills 500,000 people a year, so why isn’t ...
A vaccine for strep A may not be very profitable for pharmaceutical companies and there are technica...
Gout linked to 376 genetic variants in a study of ...
As well as being caused by eating an indulgent diet, gout has been linked to hundreds of genetic var...
Biggest science news stories of 2022 as chosen by ...
Nuclear fusion, infectious diseases and an incredible new space telescope were ongoing stories in 20...
COP15: Countries debate how to share profits from ...
The question of how best to share revenues from products developed using genetic data from plants an...
Twin planets orbiting a distant star may be half w...
A pair of twin planets called Kepler-138 c and d appear to be water worlds, with steamy atmospheres ...
COP15: China calls for action as biodiversity talk...
Negotiations at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal broke down over how to fund new agreements...
Watch this robot bird use a talon-like claw to lan...
A talon-like claw with sharp ends and a softer middle helps this flying robot grasp onto thin perche...
Canada geese return twice as quickly if you try to...
Geese chased out of a park in Chicago returned to the area twice as quickly on days when they were h...
Personalised melanoma vaccines prolong survival in...
People who received a personalised melanoma skin cancer vaccine on top of a standard treatment were ...
A noisy flashing drone could stop bats crashing in...
A drone equipped with lights and speakers can deter bats from wind farms to protect them from potent...
Drinking more alcohol after a traumatic event may ...
It has long been believed that PTSD increases the risk for excess drinking, but in some cases it may...
Melting sounds of an entire glacier recorded for t...
A 9-kilometre fibre-optic cable that captured the sounds of melting ice across an entire glacier cou...
