�鶹��ý

Skip to content

�鶹��ý. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

How deep is the Mariana trench?

Question

How deep is the Mariana trench?

The Brilliant Abyss review: A fascinating tour of the ocean’s depths

Life

The Brilliant Abyss review: A fascinating tour of the ocean’s depths

Culture

flower

Life

Fairy lantern flower has a gaping 'mouth' and saps energy from fungi

News

Technosignatures

Definition

Technosignatures

What’s next for the Mars Perseverance rover? Your questions answered

Space

What’s next for the Mars Perseverance rover? Your questions answered

News

Deepest land-dwelling microbes found at bottom of 5km hole in China

Life

Deepest land-dwelling microbes found at bottom of 5km hole in China

News

Ten conservation success stories when species came back from the brink

Life

Ten conservation success stories when species came back from the brink

Features

Life found beneath Antarctic ice sheet 'shouldn't be there'

Video

Life found beneath Antarctic ice sheet 'shouldn't be there'

Video

Avi Loeb: Is ‘Oumuamua extraterrestrial technology?

Video

Avi Loeb: Is ‘Oumuamua extraterrestrial technology?

Video

borehole through ice

Environment

Life found beneath Antarctic ice sheet 'shouldn't be there'

Biologists say the inadvertent discovery of sea life on a boulder beneath a 900-metre-thick Antarctic ice shelf challenges our understanding of polar organisms

News

Space

Avi Loeb interview: Could ‘Oumuamua be alien technology after all?

Features

Space

Dyson spheres: How to spot an alien megastructure

Features

Life

Water may be even more crucial to life than we thought

News

Space

Weird radio beam probably isn’t aliens but it’s the best candidate yet

News