- March 6, 2026
Inflammation might cause Alzheimer’s – here’s how to reduce it
Keeping you sharp may be an unexpected, but welcome, side effect of vaccines Jozef Polc / Alamy There is growing
The real reasons birth rates are declining worldwide
Anthropologist Paula Sheppard argues we need a more nuanced view about falling birthrates Ryan Wills The fall is astonishing. At
NASA’s Artemis moon exploration programme is getting a major makeover
NASA’s Space Launch System has had a tricky start NASA/Cory Huston NASA is shaking up the plan for its Artemis
Tiny predatory dinosaur weighed less than a chicken
Reconstruction of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis Gabriel Díaz Yantén, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. An almost-complete skeleton of a dinosaur that weighed
Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals
Some pet foods contain potentially harmful PFAS chemicals Cris Cantón/Getty Images Many pet foods – especially those based on fish
Is our galaxy’s black hole actually made of dark matter?
An image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarised light, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope EHT Collaboration
Humans are the only primates with a chin – now we finally know why
The human chin is an evolutionary oddity Westend61/Getty Images Humans are the only primates with a chin, leaving biologists to
World’s oldest cold virus found in 18th-century woman’s lungs
Historic anatomical preparations from the late 1700s in the Hunterian Anatomy Museum Anatomy Museum © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Old EV batteries could meet most of China’s energy storage needs
A vehicle battery factory in Guangxi, China Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images Used electric vehicle batteries could meet two-thirds of China’s
Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate
Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice shelf NASA/Brooke Medley A large and fast-melting glacier