New dinosaur-era insect found trapped in tree resin named after Teletubbies character 'Noo-Noo' lived some 99 million years ago and featured long mouthparts that reached nearly twice its body length The Independent UK · Oct 6
Israel Had a 100% Protective mRNA Plague Vaccine in Mice Before Russian Lab Technician Died An Israeli mRNA plague vaccine protected mice from lethal pneumonic plague in 2025, months before a Russian lab technician died of unknown pneumonia. International Business Times UK · Oct 5
UFO Whistleblower Claims US Forces Had a Deadly Shootout With Seven-Foot-Tall Reptilian Aliens David Grusch told Joe Rogan that US forces shot seven-foot reptilian aliens after a crash, yet he admits the account is secondhand and the Pentagon reports no evidence. International Business Times UK · Oct 5
Nobel prize in medicine 2026 awarded for research into mysteries of brain Three scientists to share 12m Swedish kronor prize for their work on ‘light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Starwatch: how to spot Saturn as it makes it closest approach to Earth this year The planet looks like a moderately bright, creamy-white object and is easily visible to the naked eye The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Skull fractures suggest servants of Egypt’s ancient kings were sacrificed Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Whisky to be aged in space for first time in university satellite project Engineers in Scotland and Japan are planning to put Scotch on a rocket in 2028. Evening Standard · Oct 5
Do humans really have a ‘lizard brain’ lurking beneath our rational minds? It’s a powerful analogy that captured the popular imagination, but the biological reality is quite different The Guardian - UK · Oct 4
SpaceX Just Set the American Speed Record to the ISS but They Admitted 'We Got Lucky This Time' SpaceX's Crew-13 mission reached the International Space Station in 7 hours and 55 minutes, setting a US launch-to-docking record shaped largely by favourable orbital conditions. International Business Times UK · Oct 2
An ancient shark graveyard has been discovered in an Egyptian desert Researchers have discovered at least seven different species of sharks in the desert The Independent UK · Oct 2
Rocket company granted licence to launch from UK HyImpulse passed a review process with the Civil Aviation Authority that means it can launch from SaxaVord on Shetland early next year. Evening Standard · Oct 1
Once-common marsupial inching close to extinction across Australia, scientists warn Cane toad invasion blamed for most of the species decline The Independent UK · Oct 1
I went to America’s largest gathering of astrologers. It was a battle over how to read the stars Now a $15bn industry, astrology is more mainstream in the US than ever. But its practitioners are still debating: who gets to have authority on the celestial bodies? The Guardian - US · Oct 1
First evidence of legendary Christian monastery with ‘international importance’ found on tiny island in Scotland Lios Mòr monastery was once ‘a thriving centre of worship, craftsmanship and learning’ The Independent UK · Oct 1
The Independent UK · Oct 1 Nazi Germany was much further from building a working nuclear reactor than Heisenberg claimed Germans needed twice as much uranium as they possessed to build fully functional reactor
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30 ‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30 All of a flutter: how butterflies avoid being a predator’s lunch Their whirring wings and bright patterns help keep them safe from birds, British study finds
The Independent UK · Sep 30 Monkey that resists Alzheimer’s symptoms could be key to developing treatments Brain and the nervous system may remain altered for months without producing obvious Alzheimer’s-like behaviour
The Independent UK · Sep 30 Countries with more indoor cats are happier, but there’s a catch Researchers suspect link between cats and happiness is tied to economic factors
The Independent UK · Sep 30 How you eat fruit may affect your heart disease risk The relationship between fruit juice and heart disease is highly complex, scientists say
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30 Can a mushroom make music? Devon exhibition explores ‘cultural world’ of fungi Exeter museum to host DJ’s ‘collaboration’ with woodland fungi and artist’s map of her own body’s mycobiome
International Business Times UK · Sep 29 SpaceX Starship Engine Disaster Could Derail NASA's Dream of Landing Astronauts on Moon SpaceX's Starship reached orbit and deployed 26 Starlink satellites during Flight 14, but a Raptor engine failure could create new testing and scheduling challenges for NASA's Artemis programme.
The Independent UK · Sep 29 Scottish space company hails successful ‘hot fire’ test of rocket engine Skyrora’s successful test at Machrihanish, Argyll and Bute, produced a column of fire and billowing smoke.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29 ‘Godzilla’ of weight-loss drugs could provide other important health benefits Though not yet approved by any regulatory agency, Retatrutide could help improve blood sugar levels and reduce inflammation
The Independent UK · Sep 29 Breakthrough weight-loss drug helps diabetes patients lose a quarter of their body weight Eli Lilly’s retatrutide works by imitating three separate hormones to manage appetite, blood sugar and metabolism