Original story from Tokyo University of Science (Tokyo, Japan).
Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex cells.
The origin of life on Earth becomes…

Original story from Tokyo University of Science (Tokyo, Japan).
Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex cells.
The origin of life on Earth becomes…

In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage of scientific discovery. And the work to ensure that this first-of-its-kind project can fulfill its ambitious…

New photos of one of the world’s largest icebergs show it has turned bright blue, which, despite its beauty, is not…

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Posted on Friday 9th January 2026
An £115,000 highways project in Cannock is due to begin next week (12 January).
Highways crews will be working on the eastbound carriageway of the A5190 Lichfield Road, between Devon Road and…
Comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object that recently passed through our solar system, has sparked significant scientific interest after early studies suggested it could be much older than the Sun, possibly dating back to the earliest days of the…

We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air, release the oxygen we breathe, and help combat climate change.
Now, for the first time, our research has uncovered…

Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.
Global ocean heat content (OHC) increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2025, according to a report released…