- July 17, 2025
Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture
An illustration of a Neanderthal group preparing food LUIS MONTANYA/MARTA MONTANYA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Neanderthals may have had traditional ways of preparing food that were particular
Most warming this century may be due to air pollution cuts
Sulphate pollution, which has a cooling effect, can come from coal power plants Frank Herrmann/Getty Images Clouds have been getting darker and reflecting less sunlight
Artificial cooling ‘urgent’ for Great Barrier Reef after warming spike
Coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia Nature Picture Library/Alamy Strategies to artificially shade Australia’s Great Barrier Reef from rising temperatures are
Forests’ vanishing snow is also bad news for carbon storage
Forests like Mount Mansfield State Forest in Vermont are losing their snowpacks Douglas Rissing/Getty Images Many forests are losing their winter snowpack as global temperatures
Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse
Global warming is causing forest die-offs today, just as it did during the Permian-Triassic extinction event INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images After a sharp rise
Stunning image of a supernova reveals a dead star that exploded twice
Two concentric rings appear around the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, indicating that it exploded twice ESO/P. Das et al. Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et
X-ray boosting fabric could make mammograms less painful
Mammograms can be painful, but they may not need to be Daria Artemenko/Alamy Getting an X-ray can be uncomfortable – you may have to lay
Extreme winter weather isn’t down to a wavier jet stream
A wavy polar jet stream can bring icy storms further south Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo Increasingly erratic winter weather in the northern
Why is it seemingly impossible to stop phone thieves?
London is a phone-theft hotspot Jeff Blackler/Shutterstock Even if you have never had your smartphone stolen, you probably know someone who has. In London, 80,000
Your passwords have probably been stolen and sold on the dark web
Hackers are after your personal data, for profit EThamPhoto/Alamy Make sure you use a good mix of characters. Avoid your pet’s name. Most of all,
