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Asteroid telescope's final images revealed

FUNNY BY NATURE

Claire Karwowski tracks down the wackiest wildlife that's cracking up the animal kingdom.

BUILDING THE WORLD'S DEEPEST CAR PARK

Australia's most famous landmark is often marvelled at from ground level, but its innovative spiral substructure is a hidden gem

Octopuses burn more calories changing colour than you do on a 23 minute run

For octopuses, changing colour burns about as many calories as a human on a 23-minute run. Octopuses are masters of disguise, changing colour at the drop of a hat to startle predators and hide from prey.

Mountain lions in Los Angeles are becoming nocturnal

Mountain lions are prowling Greater Los Angeles at night to avoid humans exercising on their mountains.

FINDING THE COLOSSAL SQUID

This elusive creature spawned a legend of a deep-sea monster that endured for centuries

The world's first silicon-anode battery could revolutionise electronic vehicles

A ceramic battery manufacturer has unveiled a solid-state battery concept that can be charged from 5 to 60 per cent capacity in just five minutes, giving future electric vehicles (EVS) a 186-mile range in the time it takes to order a coffee.

The world's largest organism may have been growing for 80,000 years

Pando, an enormous quaking aspen that spans more than 40 hectares in Utah, is not only one of the largest known organisms on Earth, it's also one of the oldest.

New technology gives AI the power to feel surfaces

Scientists have given artificial intelligence (AI) the capacity to 'feel' surfaces for the first time, opening up a new dimension for deploying the technology in the real world.

INCREDIBLE SOLAR SYSTEM CRATERS

Why these spectacular craters carved out by past impact events are among the most widespread and distinctive geological features in the Solar System

Guardians of the forest

Meet the incredible people protecting the Amazon rainforest.

The Mariana Trench

Dive in to find out how far down the ocean goes and what it's really like at the bottom.

WEIRD SCIENCE

A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.

Megan McCubbin

Meet the zoologist trying to change people's views of animals with a bad rep.

Could people turn Mars into another Earth?

Sven Bilén explores how humans might make a home on another world.

Are cats smarter than dogs?

They're the UK's top pets, but which is more intelligent? You decide!

Ethiopian wolves could be furry pollinators

Sweet-toothed Ethiopian wolves have been seen lapping up nectar have been seen happing up nectar from red hot poker flowers.

Your heart has a "brain"

New research by scientists at Sweden, and Columbia University, in the US, suggests that your heart could have its own \"mini brain\".

HOW NORTH AMERICA'S GREAT LAKES FORMED

The world's largest freshwater system comprises five immense interconnected lakes, carved into Earth by glaciers

Scientists detect the most powerful cosmic rays ever

Scientists have detected the most energetic cosmic rays ever discovered, and they're being produced by mysterious sources relatively close to Earth.

Visit Plane Earth 2125

How might our world have transformed under the strain of climate change 100 years from now?

IMAGES OF THE CENTURY

THE WORLD IS FULL OF WONDERS, AND HIGH-RESOLUTION CAMERAS LET US SEE THEM IN UNPRECEDENTED DETAIL.

Poop and vomit reveals how dinosaurs got so big

It wasn't meat but plant-based diets that helped dinosaurs rise to the top

WHAT DETERMINES HOW MANY ABS I CAN GET?

Assuming you're a human being, you have exactly the same number of abs as everybody else: two.

THE WORST IDEAS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

NOT ALL IDEAS CAN BE HITS. ALONGSIDE GROUND-BREAKING INNOVATIONS, 21ST-CENTURY SCIENTISTS HAVE HELMED THEIR SHARE OF WILD TECH FLOPS, DUBIOUS THEORIES AND OVERHYPED BREAKTHROUGHS. HERE ARE THE BIGGEST TO FORGET

Could your cosmetics be harming your health?

Cosmetic companies are phasing out microplastics and so-called 'forever chemicals' to help protect consumers.

Star outside our galaxy imaged for first time

Scientists have captured a close-up of WOH G64

Key weight-loss mystery solved

New research suggests fat cells have a 'memory'

10 IDEAS THAT WILL SHAPE YOUR NEXT 25 YEARS

Predicting the future is considered a fool's game. But it's one many of us like to play.

THE BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGHS OF THE CENTURY

We're a quarter of the way into the new century. To mark this milestone, we asked the UK's top minds to highlight some of the game-changing scientific breakthroughs shaping our world since the year 2000