Don鈥檛 fear apocalyptic asteroids: you鈥檙e safer than you think
A star-studded group of campaigners are promoting Asteroid Day to raise awareness of the threat of incoming rocks. Are we really facing imminent disaster?
One gene may drive leap from single cell to multicellular life
A major transition in the evolution of life 鈥� from single to multicellular organisms 鈥� could be kicked off by the mutation of a single gene
Facebook can recognise you in photos even if you鈥檙e not looking
A new experimental algorithm from Facebook鈥檚 artificial intelligence lab can recognise people in photographs even when it can鈥檛 see their faces
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If you go down to the rainforest today: The fungal realm
Fungi can be stunningly beautiful, just watch out for the mosquitoes and ticks while you鈥檙e taking photos
Hungry crabs snacking on mangrove seeds may foil reforestation
Mangrove swamps are disappearing and attempts to replant them keep failing. It seems that crabs munching on the mangrove seeds could be to blame
How to see the world: Understanding our visual culture
Earth is changing fast, and so is how we look at it. In a new book, Nicholas Mirzoeff traces the true impact of the images that surround us
Coral comeback: Reefs have secret weapon against climate change
Far from being helpless against warming, acidifying seas, corals are actually plucky little fighters with a few tricks up their sleeves
鈥楶lant messiah鈥� dodges crocodiles to save rare water lilies
In the hunt for endangered plant species, you occasionally have to put your life on the line, says Carlos Magdalena, who brings species back from the brink
How to hack your confidence
From power posing to dressing to impress, 快猫短视频 runs down five confidence-boosting strategies that might just work
Spirals in Time: Uncover the secrets in seashells
From exotic sea butterflies to deadly cone shells, Helen Scales鈥檚 new book shows that molluscs are one of the most diverse and numerous creatures on the planet
Hubble at 25: The most inspirational images from space
Hubble鈥檚 given us a quarter of a century of inspiring images. We asked a group of scientists, researchers and even a Martian rover to share their favourites
Conservation dilemmas: Is a shopping mall as alive as a wolf?
It鈥檚 getting tricky to work out what we mean by 鈥渁live鈥� and worthy of conservation efforts. Two new books explore this strange frontier
Cradle of creation: Evolution shapes up new ecosystem in the lab
The longest running evolutionary lab experiment is letting us watch one major evolutionary change transform an entire ecosystem
Grand Theft Sedna: how the sun might have stolen a mini-planet
Sedna is one of several 鈥渋ce dwarfs鈥� in our solar system with bizarre orbits. Could the young sun鈥檚 gravity have snatched them from a passing star?
