Chief scientist voices fears about H5N1 variant that has ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate in humans The World Health Organization has raised concerns about the spread …
New research shows that fossil footprints discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park date back to between …
At least 3,500 harmful invasive species recorded in every region on Earth spread by human activity, says UN report Invasive species are costing the world …
Campaigners urge ambitious global intervention with 25% of people expected to be clinically obese in 12 years More than half of the world’s population will …
New research rules out theory that 535m-year-old Saccorhytus coronarius fossil is our earliest known ancestor One less relative to be embarrassed about – scientists have …
Simplification of larynx let humans have excellent pitch control with long and stable speech sounds Scientists have identified evolutionary modifications in the voice box distinguishing …
Pa Edrissa Manjang is suing company for alleged dismissal based on racially biased facial recognition software A delivery driver who is suing Uber Eats in …
Edinburgh palaeontologist says smaller mammals are better able to cope with increased temperatures The climate crisis may lead the human race to shrink in size, …
Silicon Valley company has already implanted AI microchips in brains of a macaque and a pig The billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain chip startup is …
Kenyan conservationist found oldest near-complete human skeleton in 1984, dating from 1.5m years ago The celebrated Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey, whose groundbreaking …