Science

We subconsciously sniff people when we first meet them and are more likely to become friends with those who have similar body odours to our own Humans 24 June 2022 By Alice

An effort to track global changes in human society over the past 10,000 years concludes that warfare drove an increase in social complexity – but others are unconvinced by the work Humans

A study of people with prediabetes shows that the same foods affect blood sugar levels very differently. The findings add to a growing body of evidence undermining the idea of a standard

Testing how chimpanzees navigate in virtual environments could help researchers understand why they prefer certain routes in the wild over others Life 24 June 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu A chimpanzee at

Tata Chemicals Europe’s plant at Northwich will eventually capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year for use in making sodium biocarbonate Environment 24 June 2022 By Adam Vaughan The Tata Chemicals

Megatooth sharks, including megalodon, seem to have had the highest position in food webs ever occupied by marine predators Life 22 June 2022 By Carissa Wong Fossil megalodon teeth collected in North

Stone tools found in Fordwich in Canterbury may have been made by an early human called Homo heidelbergensis Humans 22 June 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu A selection of flint artefacts excavated

Astronomer Feryal Özel is one of the pioneers of black hole photography. With two pictures in the album, she explains what we have learned about these gravitational monsters – and what comes

A temporary graphene tattoo that monitors blood pressure has been awarded the highest possible accuracy grading for such a monitoring device Technology 20 June 2022 By Jeremy Hsu The graphene tattoo Texas

Computer simulations reveal the precise conditions when removing an orange from a display would cause a fruit avalanche Physics 19 June 2022 A fruit avalanche could happen at any moment Giancarlo Liguori