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‘Kraken-like’ giant octopuses 100m years ago crunched bones of prey | Palaeontology

Giant “kraken-like” octopuses that used powerful beaks to crunch through bones of prey were among the most formidable predators of the Cretaceous oceans, according...

The cinema lab: brain activity tracked to find secret to creating immersive films | Neuroscience

At first glance, it looks like any high-end cinema: booming surround sound, a razor-sharp 4K projector and rows of reclining seats. But instead of...

New GLP-1 pill helps patients lose up to 8% of body weight, trial shows | Weight-loss drugs

A new daily pill could be a more effective GLP-1 tablet for weight loss, according to a clinical trial that may pave the way...

First writing may be 40,000 years earlier than thought

First writing may be 40,000 years earlier than thought

Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study | Wild flowers

Tropical flowers are blooming months earlier or later than they used to because of climate breakdown, with potentially “cascading impacts across ecosystems”, according to...

Ayahuasca psychedelic DMT shows promise as depression therapy | Drugs

A phase II clinical trial has found dimethyltryptamine (DMT), one of the psychoactive components traditionally used in the Amazonian psychedelic ritual ayahuasca, might be...

How ancient Scottish rocks throw ‘snowball Earth’ theory up in the air | Geology

During the ”snowball Earth” period about 700m years ago, Earth’s climate shut down. The planet was encased in ice and insulated from seasonal variations:...

One in four councils to miss food waste collection deadline

One in four councils to miss food waste collection deadline

Baby boy born to UK mother after womb transplant from dead donor | Organ donation

A baby boy named Hugo is the first child to be born in the UK to a mother with a womb transplant from a...

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