Volcanic growth spurt
A submarine volcano has undergone the fastest rate of growth and collapse ever recorded.
Colour variation speeds up evolution
Decades of data gathered by bird watchers and geneticists have helped confirm a 60-year-old theory of evolution.
Plants and fungi joined forces to colonise the world
Soil-dwelling fungi played a crucial role in plant evolution.
Cooking makes you healthier
All those hours that you’ve spent watching Master Chef could actually pay off.
Earliest evidence of human art
An engraved ceiling predates the famous paintings at the Grotte Chauvet.
Silk: the future of engineering
Silkworm cocoon inspires new technology for lightweight armour and cars.
Polaris is still shining brightly, despite its mass loss
New research suggests that the North Star could disappear.
Earliest Mayan calendar goes well beyond 2012
A small room in Xultún indicates that the Mayan calendar goes well beyond 2012.
Australia’s newest predatory dinosaur
An anklebone fossil has revealed that the ceratosaurs called Australia home.
