science

Jennie Durant’s Bitter Honey is a great exposé of the true cost of industrially farming US honeybees, finds Thomas Lewton. But the book’s grim figures of bee death alone may not prompt deep change – how about seeing them as fellow creatures? Source link

Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world’s first atomic test in 1945 – a test that, just weeks later, would see nuclear bombs dropped in Japan Source link

Colossal Biosciences, the company that says it resurrected the dire wolf, now says it has developed artificial eggshells so it can replicate the huge eggs of the moa. Independent experts say this isn’t nearly enough to bring back these giant birds Source link

Work, illness, divorce: life is riddled with stressors out of your control. But research is revealing new ways to cope with these challenges and find hope instead of despair Source link

We think of our body clock ticking over on a 24-hour cycle, but evidence is growing that it has seasonal rhythms, which could affect our response to vaccines Source link

The creaky noise known as vocal fry that people generally associate with young women – and some find irritating – is actually more common in men Source link

What use is a quantum computer? Perhaps both more and less than you think, according to quantum computing expert Shayan Majidy Source link

Rowan Hooper met ecologist Suzanne Simard under an oak tree in Kew Gardens, London, to talk about her new book, criticism of her work, and getting a call from James Cameron’s people Source link

Scientific disciplines often shy away from asking fundamental “what if” questions. But philosophy – if unencumbered by dogma or ideology – has much to offer evidence-based enquiry Source link

Genetically altered bacteria can synthesise gadusol, a naturally occurring compound found in zebrafish eggs that could be developed as an alternative to existing sunscreen products that can harm marine life Source link