The extraordinary extent of plastic pollution, and burning, is revealed by a global inventory today, created with the help of AI. Our Science Director Roger Highfield reveals more about 'macroplastic' hotspots across 51,000 cities in a new blog post: bit.ly/3AZF9YG

Why dinosaur collagen may have survived for millions of years eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

We are delighted to announce the #BGPrize2024 longlist. Read more here: thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/inside-the-cov… #longlist #nonfiction Isabel Hilton @newsbrook Alison Flood Peter Hoskin Tomiwa Owolade

We are already living with the effects of climate change, but weather forecasting and climate modelling can help us to better understand future impacts and prepare for, and adapt, to change. Find out more about the history of weather forecasting: bit.ly/4cV2Rmq

With Gaia Abandon. I discuss The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts for the Literary Review literaryreview.co.uk/with-gaia-aban…

Fascinating. Key, often sensational and misleading, claims regarding linguistic capabilities of Large Language Models are based on at least two unfounded assumptions sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Even more, on why AI is unscientific pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Château La Loubière Pomerol 1995 - better than the label suggests!

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Found: a brain-wiring pattern linked to depression nature.com/articles/d4158…

The signals in your brain that tell you when It’s time to move eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

The uncrewed Boeing Space #Starliner spacecraft landed at New Mexico's White Sands Space Harbor at 12:01am ET on Saturday Sept. 7.

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A dye that helps to give Doritos their orange colour can also turn mouse tissues transparent. Applying the dye to skin allowed scientists to peer through tissues at blood vessels and internal organs without any surgery, incisions, or damage theguardian.com/science/articl…

Membranes based on natural silk and cellulose can remove many contaminants, including “forever chemicals” and heavy metals. eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

Cough or sneeze? How the brain knows what to unleash nature.com/articles/d4158… The findings could lead to new and improved treatments for conditions such as allergies and chronic coughs

Superb close-up of last night's The Boeing Company Starliner undock from the Space Station. Zoom in, you can see every bit. (video: 4K SpaceTV-1 from the good folks sen - brand new, freely accessible to the public soon)

‘Nuclear clock’ breakthrough paves the way for super-precise timekeeping nature.com/articles/d4158…

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How to change people’s minds about climate change: what the science says nature.com/articles/d4158…

Here’s to Elon himself heading for Mars in four years…