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What new twins study reveals about genes, environment and longevity

Why do some people live to 100 while their sibling dies decades earlier? Is it luck, lifestyle, or something written into their DNA?

The Conversation · Feb 3

Is tyre pollution causing mass deaths in vulnerable salmon populations?

A US judge will decide if, as research suggests, a chemical tyre additive is harming endangered fish species

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2

5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

LiveScience · Jan 22

What the hyperproduction of AI slop is doing to science

Over the past three years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on society. AI’s impact on human writing, in particular, has been enormous.

The Conversation · Dec 19, 2025

Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes

Before 2025, science policy rarely made headline news. Through decades of changing political winds, financial crises and global conflicts, funding for U.S. research and innovation has remained remarkably stable, reflecting the American public’s strong support for investing in basic science.

The Conversation · Dec 17, 2025

Science funding boost amid 'aggressive' CSIRO job cuts

The national science agency that invented wi-fi has received a substantial budget commitment but the union representing its workers says the sum is not enough.

AAP · Dec 17, 2025

Satellite constellations could obscure most space telescope observations by late 2030s: 'That part of the image will be forever lost'

"The natural question that comes up is: how many more space telescopes will be affected when all these constellations are launched?"

Space · Dec 12, 2025

"I thought it was terrible. I didn’t like it. Honestly, I thought it was stupid." The story of the song that turned a cult alt funk metal band into poster boys for a music scene they absolutely despised

With one song, they suddenly found themselves at the front of a music scene they truly hated

Metal Hammer · Dec 4, 2025

Solid Core of 3I/ATLAS Still Cannot Be Directly Seen, Hubble Reveals

A viral 'leaked' photo of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is stirring conspiracy theories, but Hubble's blurry views, expert quotes and basic optics all point to a likely fake.

International Business Times UK · Nov 18, 2025

‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?

After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025