Nicola Davis

The climate crisis may lead the human race to shrink in size, as mammals with smaller frames appear better able to deal with rising global temperatures, a leading fossil expert has said. Prof Steve…

Think of Antarctica and it is probably sweeping expanses of ice, and the odd penguin, that come to mind. But at the time of the dinosaurs the continent was covered in swampy rainforest. Now experts…

Researchers say their synthetic system reproduces tree’s ability to desalinate water A novel approach to removing salt from water, inspired by mangrove trees, has been revealed by researchers who…