Image copyright BLOODHOUND LSR Image caption The airbrakes are panels that open into the air stream, producing drag to slow the car The Bloodhound supersonic car returned to racing on Wednesday after four days of repairs in the workshop. The [ . . . read more]
Image copyright Prof Wei Wang Image caption Little is known about the ape as only a few fossils are known, including this jawbone A fossilised tooth left behind by the largest ape that ever lived is shedding new light on [ . . . read more]
It may not rival the technology found in a galaxy far, far away, but everyone has to start somewhere. Researchers in Southampton have built a device that displays 3D animated objects that can talk and interact with onlookers. A demonstration [ . . . read more]
A German cryptocurrency company that used the former football stars Lothar Matthäus, Roberto Carlos and Patrick Kluivert to promote its products has been ordered by a German watchdog to wind up its blockchain-based business after allegations it was luring customers [ . . . read more]
Astronomers have spotted a star heading out of the Milky Way at more than 6m km/h (3.7m mph), or 1,700km per second, after an encounter with the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy. The star is moving [ . . . read more]
Two people in China have been diagnosed with plague, the latest cases of a disease more commonly associated with historical catastrophe. Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and can arise in three forms – a lung infection, known [ . . . read more]
A scientist who takes on the companies responsible for massive wildfires across Indonesia has won the prestigious John Maddox prize for standing up for science in the face of harassment, intimidation and lawsuits. Bambang Hero Saharjo, a fire forensics specialist [ . . . read more]
Image copyright Huw Evans picture agency About 500 homes have been flooded in Doncaster with more than 1,000 properties evacuated in areas hit by the rising waters, including the village of Fishlake where residents have complained about the lack of [ . . . read more]
The efforts of campaigners to highlight important issues can often be overlooked by a historical approach that focuses on individuals, often academics or politicians. An example is in the obituary of the biologist Victoria Braithwaite (Obituary, 9 November), which asserts [ . . . read more]
Poor management of the rural landscape along with global heating and building on floodplains are the main factors that led to the floods that have engulfed towns in northern England, according to experts. Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster are among the [ . . . read more]
Misinformation techniques first deployed by Russian agents are now more commonly used in Britain by the far right, as well as by politicians to convince their own voters, an audience in Oxford has been told. At an event hosted by [ . . . read more]
A whistleblower who works in Project Nightingale, the secret transfer of the personal medical data of up to 50 million Americans from one of the largest healthcare providers in the US to Google, has expressed anger to the Guardian that [ . . . read more]
We have heard from the scientists on climate change, with their meticulous data on ecosystem degradation and species loss. We have heard from the climate deniers, with their desperate attempts to deploy countervailing arguments. Both groups have mobilized substantial blocs [ . . . read more]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Plastic in the Pacific Ocean off California Plastic is building up in the areas of the ocean where fish feed and grow, according to research. A study found bits of plastic outnumber baby fish [ . . . read more]
Image copyright Cuadrilla/PA Image caption A 2.9 tremor was the largest recorded near the Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site The Conservatives have been accused of harbouring ambitions to resurrect the fracking industry if they win the general election. Last month, [ . . . read more]
We’re now well into the “phoney war” period of the election – where on the surface all seems calm. Parliament has been prorogued, there have been a few early jabs, and a consensus is already beginning to emerge about how [ . . . read more]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionEwan Fisher: ‘Everything just got worse and worse… I nearly lost my life’ A teenage boy nearly died after vaping caused a catastrophic reaction in his lungs, doctors in Nottingham say. Ewan [ . . . read more]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The US and China are racing to capitalise on AI “China is betting on AI and investing in AI and deploying AI on a scale no other country is doing,” says Abishur Prakash, a [ . . . read more]
One of the year’s most dependable meteor showers is set to take place at the end of the week. The Leonids will peak in the hours between midnight and dawn on 18 November. They are so-called because they herald from [ . . . read more]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Alpine ibex were hunted almost to extinction – luckily a few hundred survived in Italy The long, curved horns of the Alpine ibex and its love of high altitude make it a symbol of [ . . . read more]
Smoking tobacco cigarettes could increase the risk of mental health problems such as depression and schizophrenia, research suggests. It has long been known that smoking is more common among people with mental health conditions. However, it has been unclear whether [ . . . read more]
More than half of the world’s volcanoes are basaltic. Most basaltic eruptions tend to ooze their magma out in a relatively benign way, producing a thick, sticky flow. But occasionally they go off with a big bang, like the eruption [ . . . read more]
Image copyright Getty Images Red deer in the Highlands are evolving because of climate change, a 45-year study has found. Scientists say they have seen genetic changes in birth patterns of deer on the Isle of Rum. Not only do [ . . . read more]
The world’s people face “untold suffering due to the climate crisis” unless there are major transformations to global society, according to a stark warning from more than 11,000 scientists. “We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a [ . . . read more]
Image copyright BLOODHOUND LSR/CHARLIE SPERRING Image caption Bloodhound races away from its start line on Hakskeen Pan in South Africa The Bloodhound supersonic car has reached its highest speed yet of 491mph (790km/h). Tuesday was the sixth time the arrow-shaped [ . . . read more]