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Why do we see more spiders in our houses in autumn?

Autumn is here again, and there are more spiders in the house, and wasps are desperate for sugar – but why do these insects change their behaviour? Elizabeth Duncan and Thomas Dally have the answers

Stargazing in October: Dark secrets of the Local Group

The Andromeda galaxy lies 2.5 million light years away. We are seeing Andromeda as it was when the first humans began to evolve, writes Nigel Henbest

Man Demolishes Vaccine Opponent’s Argument About Homeless People In Just 6 Words

The apparently homeless man's retort is now trending after an anti-vaccine protester asked why homeless people weren't "dead in the streets with COVID."

JCVI facing calls from within for greater transparency over decision-making on vaccinating children

Exclusive: Member of committee admits ‘significant concerns’ have been raised internally about ‘our apparent lack of transparency and timeliness related to committee minutes’

Malaria vaccine to be rolled out for African children after WHO issues historic approval

The only approved vaccine against malaria has been recommended for use among children across much of Africa - a historic and hopeful moment in the fight against an infectious disease that has plagued humanity for hundreds of years.

White House Moves To Scrap Trump-Era Rewrite Of Key Environmental Law

The Trump rule allowed agencies to ignore climate change when reviewing infrastructure projects and cut the public out of the process.

Scientists discover new species fossilised in 16-million-year-old amber

A new species of tardigrade has been discovered in what scientists are calling a ‘once-in-a-generation’ find

Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to scientists for ‘ingenious’ tool for building molecules

German-born Benjamin List and Briton David MacMillan created a greener and cheaper way for driving the creation of molecules

New species identified is oldest-known meat-eating dinosaur from UK

These dinosaurs are likely to have had a body size similar to that of a modern-day chicken

Worm mothers ‘sacrifice themselves’ by providing milk for their young, scientists find

Discovery of ‘unique self-destructive process’ could have implications for efforts to slow human ageing

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