Having an ‘overweight’ BMI may not lead to an earlier death
A large US study has found that being overweight but not obese carried a slightly lower risk of dying within…
Lead exposure linked to higher risk of engaging in criminal behaviour
Higher exposure to lead in childhood is associated with a greater likelihood of criminality, a review of 17 studies has…
Babies group together their squeals and growls to prepare for speech
Babies seem to cluster together their squeals and growling noises, rather than making them sporadically, which suggests they are part…
Bubbles of gas 75 times larger than our sun spotted on another star
Gas bubbles on the surface of a star have been observed for the first time in detail outside our solar…
First evidence of gladiator fight with lion seen in Roman-era skeleton
A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis…
Dead NASA satellite unexpectedly emits powerful radio pulse
Astronomers are puzzled by a strong burst of radio waves traced back to a NASA satellite that had been inactive…
AI creates pictures of what people are seeing by analysing brain scans
An artificial intelligence that can create pictures of what people are looking at based on brain scans is impressive, but…
How to watch the Lyrids meteor shower peak this weekend
You have a decent chance of seeing shooting stars from anywhere in the world during the Lyrids meteor shower peak…
AI recap this month: Drone ‘kills’ operator; DeepMind’s speed up
Research into AI is experiencing a boom, so we have rounded up the best of news from the past month…
Space Force’s secretive space plane is making its highest flight yet
The US Space Force is launching its mysterious X-37B space plane on 10 December atop a Falcon Heavy rocket for…