The bizarre-looking dinosaur challenging what we know about the evolution of fingers

Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs, which look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren’t just funny looking fossils. As my team’s new research shows, they can help us understand how…

Milly Mead, PhD student in Palaeontology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh • conversation
April 3, 2025 ~8 min

Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating – new research

Moderate changes over millennia are being sped up by emissions from burning fossil fuels.

Zhengyao Lu, Researcher in Physical Geography, Lund University • conversation
April 3, 2025 ~7 min


Flies are masters of migration – it’s about time they got some credit

Flies are the most ecologically diverse and important migrant group. We just had no idea.

Will Hawkes, Insect Migration Researcher, College of Life and Environmental Science, University of Exeter • conversation
April 2, 2025 ~6 min

Dogs see their world through smell – and scientists are starting to translate it like never before

It’s hard to imagine what it’s like to experience the world more through scent than sight.

Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
April 1, 2025 ~7 min

How to engineer microbes to enable us to live on Mars

Microbes could pump out oxygen on Mars.

Samuel McKee, Associate Tutor and PhD Candidate in Philosophy of Science, Manchester Metropolitan University • conversation
April 1, 2025 ~7 min

How viruses blur the boundaries of life

The question of whether viruses are alive or dead is a controversial one in science.

Heshmat Borhani, Lecturer in Bioinformatics, University of Nottingham • conversation
March 31, 2025 ~7 min

How viruses blur the the boundaries of life

The question of whether viruses are alive or dead is a controversial one in science.

Heshmat Borhani, Lecturer in Bioinformatics, University of Nottingham • conversation
March 31, 2025 ~7 min

Climate change isn’t fair but Tony Juniper’s new book explains how a green transition could be ‘just’

There have always been tensions between developed and developing countries in terms of what is ‘fair’. A new book explains what needs to shift.

Alix Dietzel, Senior Lecturer in Climate Justice, University of Bristol • conversation
March 31, 2025 ~8 min


The spring clock change may affect your mind and body longer than you realise

Waking up early may help you to adjust faster though.

Stefano Arlaud, PhD candidate in Time Processing and Metacognition of Time Processing, SBBS, Queen Mary University of London, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
March 28, 2025 ~7 min

A new natural history GCSE is welcome – but climate change needs to be part of the whole curriculum

Mathematical concepts could be introduced through calculating the effect of introducing solar panels on the school roof.

Alison Anderson, Professor of Sociology, University of Plymouth • conversation
March 28, 2025 ~6 min

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