Category: 7. Science

Scientists have captured the process of plants “breathing” in real time using a camera, marking a significant scientific breakthrough.

For many years, researchers have known that plants take in air through tiny pores on their leaves…

Beak shapes in some common urban birds appear to have changed rapidly during the COVID‑19 pandemic, according to a new study.

This suggests that sudden shifts in food availability and human disturbance may have driven…

One of the best things about being able to see thousands of exoplanetary systems is that we’re able to track them in different stages of development. Scientists still have so many questions about how planets form, and comparing notes…

A 15-year-old doctoral graduate is not, in itself, a scientific development. It is a human milestone, occasionally publicised, often exceptional, but separate from the processes of research and discovery. When that graduate turns to artificial…

This week’s science news was all about discoveries made by the world’s best telescopes, as the James Webb Space Telescope verified the existence of a runaway supermassive black hole escaping its host galaxy at 2.2 million miles per hour (3.6…