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Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 2:00pm
A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest known evidence of butchery of the giant herbivores
Categories: Astronomy

The first quantum fluctuations set into motion a huge cosmic mystery

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 1:00pm
The earliest acoustic vibrations in the cosmos weren’t exactly sound – they travelled at half the speed of light and there was nobody around to hear them anyway. But Jim Baggott says from the first moments, the universe was singing
Categories: Astronomy

Passwords will be on the way out in 2026 as passkeys take over

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 12:00pm
The curse of having to remember easily hackable passwords may soon be over, as a new alternative is set to take over in 2026
Categories: Astronomy

Jellyfish sleep about as much as humans do – and nap like us too

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 11:00am
The benefits of sleep may be more universal than we thought. We know it helps clear waste from the brain in humans, and now it seems that even creatures without brains like ours get similar benefits
Categories: Astronomy

The secret weapon that could finally force climate action

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 11:00am
An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest carbon emitters?
Categories: Astronomy

The first commercial space stations will start orbiting Earth in 2026

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 9:00am
For nearly three decades, the International Space Station has been the only destination in low Earth orbit, but that will change this year. Could it be the start of a thriving economy in space?
Categories: Astronomy

US will need both carrots and sticks to reach net zero

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 7:00am
Modelling suggests both carbon taxes and green subsidies will be necessary to decarbonise the US economy, but the inconsistent policies of successive presidents are the "worst case" scenario
Categories: Astronomy