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Plants are flowering earlier: what does this mean for pollinating insects?

The climate crisis is throwing our plants and pollinators out of sync, explain Chris Wyver and Laura Reeves

The Earth following an asteroid could be good news for space missions

Could such asteroids be used as handy bases or staging posts for further exploration of the solar system? Asks David Rothery

Scientists set energy output record after creating ‘mini star’ in reactor

UK-based JET reactor produced 59 megajoules of energy during a five-second burst of nuclear fusion

Mysterious tsunami that sent waves around globe in 2021 caused by hidden 8.2 quake, study finds

Scientists call for further research and better automated tools to monitor such complex quakes

Megalodon may not have looked anything like a Great White shark, scientists say

New study casts doubts over previous research comparing species’ fin and body shapes

Scientists identify brain region that helps people control word pronunciation

This brain region could be impaired in people with neurological disorders, study hints

Mosquitoes are ‘more attracted to people who wear red, orange or black clothes’

The insects fly towards specific colours - once they have smelled a plume of CO2 from human breath

Scientists find new more infectious and damaging HIV variant in the Netherlands

People infected with the variant had between 3.5 and 5.5 times higher viral load

Why does alcohol mess with my sleep?

Sometimes it doesn’t matter how much you drink, you just feel like your sleep isn’t quite as restful as normal, Amelia Nierenberg explains why this might be

Stargazing in February: What Chinese astronomers saw almost 1,000 years ago

Ancient records can help pinpoint the birth of the Crab Nebula, writes Nigel Henbest

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