Claims: science

• 1.4-million-year-old footprints reveal a surprisingly large human relative
• A cancer therapy put severe rheumatoid arthritis into remission
• A coffee-table-size scorpion roamed Earth before forests existed
• 'A giant leap forward': Nasa launches powerful new space telescope
• A massive plume deep beneath Africa is pulling the continent apart
• A search for one exotic particle uncovered two strange new structures
• After record heat, could the Atlantic make Britain's weather even more extreme?
• Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find
• Alzheimer’s may leave a mark on the brain long before plaques appear
• Ancient Egyptian princesses were buried with weapons. Their bones reveal why
• Artemis II astronauts receive nation's highest space honor for their successful moonshot
• Astronauts set out on rare all-female spacewalk
• Australia’s red soil may be hiding a massive clean energy source
• BBC Inside Science
• Can you solve it? A new goat for puzzledom’s GOAT
• Can you solve it? The fin-tastic fish puzzle
• Charity thanks inmates for work to save hedgehogs
• Could humans ever communicate with whales? - video
• Creatine: is there truth behind the hype? – podcast
• Creatine: is there truth behind the hype? – video
• Did you solve it? A new goat for puzzledom’s GOAT
• Did you solve it? Are you a match for the world’s smartest teen?
• Dogs may hold surprising clues to human longevity
• Earth may have lost the Sun’s protective shield millions of years ago
• Everyone hates datacentres. Do we really need them? – podcast
• Everyone hates datacentres. Do we really need them? - video
• Experimental eye drops help blind mice see again
• Family fear for missing hydropower worker after Nepal flood
• Fires still burn in charred landscape as focus turns to wildfire prevention
• First dinosaur bone from Antarctica found in a drawer
• Forbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake?
• Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution
• Fossil identified as first dinosaur ever found in Antarctica
• Four types of thinker, the cyclosporiasis outbreak, and the UK’s biggest telescope threatened – podcast
• France relaxes strict cheese-making rules after prolonged drought
• From blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa's historic mission to the Moon
• Heathland plan to support two rare species of ant
• HEPA air purifiers may boost brain function after just one month
• How a small island in Canada appeared, vanished, and was found again
• How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves
• How the UK's extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con
• Hundreds of hidden earthquakes found at Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
• I’m a neuroscientist. Here’s why our brains need pop concerts | Bala Subramaniam
• Interstellar solar sails hit a strange problem at 75% of light speed
• Is Donald Trump 'supplying all that money' to Nasa?
• It's finally raining, but the drought's not over
• It’s finally raining. Will it be enough to end the drought? – podcast
• Long-term melatonin use linked to 90% higher heart failure risk
• Max’s heart stopped while playing basketball. It was a case of 'sudden cardiac arrest' – video
• Met Office: Summer 2026 was UK's hottest ever
• Mindfulness may lower blood pressure in just 8 weeks
• Money problems may age your brain faster
• More hosepipe bans in force as drought declared - is your area affected?
• NASA delays Crew-13 launch after leak found on SpaceX Dragon
• NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches to reveal the Universe’s darkest secrets
• NASA’s Roman telescope will see 100 times more sky than Hubble
• NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out
• Nasa space telescope launches after surviving Trump budget cuts
• Nature reserves spot rare species during heatwaves
• New storm names for 2026-2027 released by Met Office
• One still missing after Grand Canyon floods kill two and prompt rescue efforts
• Popular sweeteners may leave effects that last for generations
• Rare butterfly spotted in Cornwall
• Reaching 90 without dementia doesn’t mean you’re in the clear
• Researchers find Britain’s 11th-century ‘Conquest Man’ was Scandinavian – but did he land with the Norman army?
• Researchers unveil sustainable spirulina solution to vitamin B12 deficiency
• Rocky planets may have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang
• Scientists challenge a 70-year-old “lizard brain” myth
• Scientists discover a massive heat anomaly deep inside Mars
• Scientists discover diamonds can generate electricity
• Scientists discover two superconducting states hiding as one
• Scientists discover why damaged nerves struggle to heal
• Scientists discover why snake embryos twist into spirals
• Scientists find a human-only gene that may help explain our brainpower
• Scientists may have found first hint of dark matter
• Scientists turn one of the hardest plastics to recycle into high-performance engine lubricant
• Seven new frog species were hiding beneath Madagascar’s forest floor
• Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
• Smelling test: children need education in sniffing aromas, scientist says
• Some signs of quantum gravity may be an illusion
• Space junk punched a new hole in the moon. It’s not ours to abuse | Moriba Jah
• Starwatch: Sagitta’s arrow shape makes it easy to see against a dark sky
• Summer 2026 was UK's hottest on record, Met Office says
• ‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds
• The 40 minutes when the Artemis crew loses contact with the Earth
• The Fauci hearing was painful to watch. But we need answers on Covid-19’s origin| David Relman
• The final minutes before floodwater crashed through Nepal-China border
• The hidden cost of the night shift and how to sleep it off
• The next Cascadia megaquake could hit Oregon harder than expected
• The race to stop England running out of water
• The universe is still speeding up, but nobody knows why
• There is nothing scientific about The Great ADHD Myth? ‘documentary’ | Gina Rippon
• This strange “spacetime crystal” can suddenly become a black hole
• Too much coffee may weaken bones, study finds
• UK's rarest bird of prey rears new chicks in secret location
• US medical groups urge people to get flu and Covid shots in counter to Trump guidance
• USDA reportedly shelves cyclospora research amid relocations and fund cuts
• Watch: Astronauts set out on rare all-female spacewalk
• 'We'll find way to save Jodrell Bank,' Burnham says
• Widow whose husband died after falling into slurry pit warns of pressure on farmers
• Will your name be the next UK storm?
• World's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows