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Scientists have made some intriguing parasite discoveries in an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum. Canned salmon, well past its prime, has preserved decades of Alaskan marine ecology in brine and tin.

Parasites can reveal a…

For a male hermit crab, sex is a dangerous business, says Stuart Blackman. With a penis tucked away safely within the coils of his shell, he must come out into the open to fertilise a female, which leaves him vulnerable to predators and to other…

Physicists have uncovered surprising order inside one of the most puzzling states in modern materials science. It is a strange middle ground where electrons begin to behave differently, but full superconductivity has not yet taken hold.

Instead of…