Why Bird Eggs are not all ‘Egg-shaped’

Surprising evolutionary pressures on the shape of bird eggs

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Neonicotinoids Harm Bees

Prolonged exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides harms wild bees and honeybees

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Restricting Traffic in Jakarta

Measuring traffic in Jakarta, shows the high occupancy vehicle policy actually worked.

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Caterpillar Cannibals

Tomato plants can make caterpillars resort to cannibalism

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Plastic Planet

Quantifying all our plastic waste reveals a large, and growing, environmental problem.

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The Biggest Explosions in the Universe

The biggest explosions in the Universe captured in unprecedented detail

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Gene Editing Human Embryos

Using gene editing to ‘fix’ gene implicated in heritable heart disease.

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Risk of Lethal Heat Waves

As Europe endures a heat wave, study predicts future heat-related deaths will increase.

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The Algae that Changed the Earth

Three billion years ago, life was suddenly transformed and plants and animals took over

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Preventing Flood Damage in South Asia

Floods in Asia have killed over 800 people. How can we prevent such casualties in future?

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Forecasting Hurricane Harvey

How good are we at predicting extreme weather events?

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North Korean Nuclear Bombs

What we know and don’t know about North Korea’s nuclear programme

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Hurricanes and Global Warming

Does the number and intensity of this year’s hurricanes have any link to global warming?

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Mexican Earthquake

Why is Mexico so susceptible to Earthquakes?

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Understanding the Natural World

Special discussion at New Scientist Live 2017 on nature and the state of our planet

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Nobel Prizes for Science 2017

The excitement, reaction and explanation of the 2017 Nobel Science Prizes

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Watching the Earth ‘Breathe’

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) measures how carbon moves around the Earth

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Detecting a ‘Bling Nova’

Gravity waves, gamma rays and light detected from two neutron stars merging 130 mya

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Catastrophic Decline in Flying Insects

Research in Germany suggests flying insects have declined by 75% over the past 30 years

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Hidden Secrets of the Great Pyramid

Particle physics has helped reveal a tantalising void in the Great Pyramid in Giza

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Science on Trial

What is the danger to scientific discourse when scientists sue other scientists?

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Predictable Patterns in Earthquake Activity

A new hypothesis has linked earthquake occurrence to cycles in Earth’s rotation

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Interstellar Asteroid

The first asteroid from outside the Solar System has been detected

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Semi-synthetic Life

Scientists add man-made molecules to DNA of bacteria, creating a semi-synthetic organism

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Nuclear Fallout in the Pacific

Radioactivity lingers in the Marshall Islands 65 years after the US tested nuclear bombs

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California Forest Fires

What are the conditions causing the catastrophic wildfires in Southern California?

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Early Warning for Landslides

Plans to develop an early warning system for landslides in the Western Ghats in India

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The Best Science of 2017

Roland looks back through some of the best science stories of 2017

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The Galaxy's Most Peculiar Flickering Star

Oddly flickering Tabby’s star not caused by alien technology, but more likely to be dust

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Oil Spill in East China Sea

The potential environmental disaster of the oil tanker accident in the East China Sea

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