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UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions | Science

A mathematician has uncovered what may be one of the longest-running myths in history after studying optical illusions and the Parthenon, the famed Greek...

US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons in space | Space

The US has deployed weapons in space, the US military has confirmed, in an extraordinary public announcement that analysts warn will accelerate a high-risk...

They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus? | Primatology

Dawn has broken, and the air is cool and still. It’s at about this time that gibbons usually erupt into song, wa-oo-ing and wa-ing...

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...

‘Your balloon releases aren’t going to heaven’

'Your balloon releases aren't going to heaven'

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