Science
Dementia patients living in care homes are given just two minutes of social interaction a day
Yet spending just ten minutes with them boosts their mental wellbeing
‘Just 13 per cent of the world’s oceans can still be classified as wilderness’
First mapping of global marine wilderness shows just how little remains
Homing pigeons smell their way home, a new study confirmed
They remember local smells to build up a mental map to guide themselves across many miles of unfamiliar territory back to their loft.
Huge lake detected under surface of the Red Planet
Scientists say the dramatic discovery increases the chances of finding biological signs of life on the Red Planet
Gardeners urged to ditch bug sprays that contain nasty chemical blamed for killing off bees
Suburban bumblebees are suffering from a toxic pesticide also found in pet flea treatments and many treated garden centre plants but banned from farms
Fossils that usually takes millions of years to create can now be done in a matter of hours
Researchers created "easy-bake fossils" in just 24 hours by heating materials like bird feathers, lizard limbs and leaves at high pressure
Finding alien life a step closer after breakthrough by Scottish scientists
A tool has been developed that measures the level of excitement generated by any potential signal from aliens
A ‘prehistoric hippo’ roamed seas off the coast of Japan 16 million years ago
They spent most of their lives walking across the sea bottom of deep, offshore waters
Life may have flourished for millions of years – on the moon
The barren surface was once covered by lakes where primitive organisms could have emerged, according to a study