- February 3, 2025
Salamanders fill their toes with blood to release sticky grip
The translucent toes of a wandering salamander William P. Goldenberg How salamanders manage to move around on uneven, vertical tree
The best new sci-fi this month featuring a TJ Klune thriller and new Adrian Tchaikovsky
A dark moon is the location for Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new sci-fi novel Shroud Laperruque / Alamy Humanoid mosquitoes, alien contact
Surge in ocean heat is a sign climate change is accelerating
High sea temperatures contributed to stormy weather in California in late 2023 Kevin Carter/Getty Images The surge in ocean temperatures
Setting fire to a million acres of California could cut smoke by half
Firefighters in California during a prescribed burn San Francisco Chronicle via Getty You can fight fire with fire, even in
Paris Agreement: The US is leaving the global climate pact – what happens next?
Donald Trump holding an executive order announcing the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images A cheer went
Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback
Smoke rises during a fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing battery storage facility in California on 17 January Bloomberg /
The evidence that suggests you don’t need alcohol as a social crutch this Dry January
Will cutting back on alcohol impact our reader’s social life? Ian Dagnall/Alamy Following the excesses of the holidays, many of
Melting ice reveals millennia-old forest buried in the Rocky mountains
The uncovered whitebark pine trees Gregory Pederson A 5900-year-old whitebark pine forest has been discovered due to the melting of
World’s first 3D-printed microscope made in under 3 hours
3D-printed lenses make this microscope far less costly than traditional ones Dr Liam M. Rooney/University of Strathclyde The world’s first
AI helps radiologists spot breast cancer in real-world tests
Radiologists can benefit from AI assistance Amelie Benoist/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Artificial intelligence models really can help spot cancer