Iran’s women are desperate and furious. They won’t take it any more

Mahsa Amini was just 22 when she died in suspicious circumstances while detained in Tehran. Mahsa, from the northwestern Iranian province of Kurdistan, was pron

Litmus ’22 – The world’s biggest atheist meet in ‘god’s own country’

Litmus ’22 – The world’s biggest atheist meet in ‘god’s own country’ Hosted By Essense Bengaluru. Event starts on Sunday, 2 October 2022 and happening at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Kochi, KL. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information.

Nasa’s Dart probe to smash into asteroid in first Earth defence test

Aim is to see whether space rocks can be deflected should one threaten humans with same fate as dinosaurs

JWST has captured an astonishing view of Neptune and its rings

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows eight of Neptune’s moons and four of its rings – two of which haven’t been seen in more than 30 years

Twisteddoodles on missing electrons

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

The Perseverance rover is finding more and more organic matter on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover has found a glut of organic molecules on Mars, as well as other materials that make the dry river delta it is now exploring perfect for hunting for signs of life

Radical lupus treatment uses CAR T-cell therapy developed for cancer

A sophisticated technique that involves genetically modifying a person’s immune cells has put five people with severe systemic lupus erythrematosus (SLE) into remission

A third of scientists working on AI say it could cause global disaster

A survey of artificial intelligence researchers found that 36 per cent believe AIs could cause a catastrophe on the scale of nuclear war

There are 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants crawling all over Earth

A new study estimates there are 20 quadrillion individual ants across the globe, which together weigh more than all wild birds and mammals combined

Tackling climate change together

Learn more about the National Trust's views on energy and climate change.

Cold water swimming should be introduced as a public health measure

Outdoor swimming helps reduce inflammation, which is linked to health issues ranging from heart disease to depression. It should be widely adopted as a public health measure, says Mark Harper

Weird ‘failed star’ seen blasting off its outer layers for first time

A brown dwarf – partway between a planet and a star – has been spotted engulfed in a cloud of gas, which it probably produced after a huge pulse of heat blasted through it

Lemurs hug tree trunks to cool down when temperatures top 30°C

A type of lemur called a white sifaka embraces the base of some trees to release heat, with the bottom of the trunk being up to 5°C cooler than the surrounding air

Physicists found the shortest measurement to collapse a quantum state

Measuring a quantum object makes it lose its odd quantum properties, and it only takes between 0.1 billionth and 0.1 sextillionth of a second

The fastest way to soothe a crying baby, according to science

Babies fall asleep faster when you hold them while walking, compared with when you hold them in a chair or lay them down

How you can help tackle climate change

Discover top energy-saving tips to benefit the planet and your pocket, with the help of the National Trust.

Sperm move in packs like cyclists to push through thick vaginal fluid

In mock-ups of the female reproductive tract, bull sperm cluster in groups of two to four, which seems to help them swim upstream