Fantastic beasts and how to find them: Using eDNA for deep sea conservation
Lucy Back and Sofia Raffio-Curd explore how environmental DNA is opening new possibilities for deep-sea conservation.
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Weald to Waves: A corridor of conservation and conversation
Jessica Sutton reports on Weald to Waves, a regenerative farming and conservation initiative creating a 100-mile wildlife corridor from the High Weald to the Sussex coast, aiming to reconnect fragmented habitats while supporting farmers, food production, and biodiversity recovery.
When “waste” still has value: How machine learning is improving spent nuclear fuel reprocessing
Chaudhary Atif reports on how machine learning is being applied to nuclear waste reprocessing, supporting a cleaner energy future.
Non-hormonal contraceptives are the future. Why aren’t they in production?
Anika Schwarze-Chintapatla discusses the lack of new male contraceptives and the development challenges facing promising candidates.
Craving green: the spider’s vegetarian cookbook
Sebastian Evans uncovers the unexpected omnivorous side of spiders, challenging the stereotype of spiders as purely cold-blooded hunters.
Attention was all we needed: The tech behind the AI boom
Hani Moussa traces how the transformer architecture revolutionised modern AI and its impact on industry, infrastructure, and computing.
2025 review: Our evolving relationship with wildfire
Eleanor Hamilton Clark examines intensifying global wildfire frequency and assesses policy implementations using global case studies.
From 4 in 10,000 to 1 in 100: The autism explosion that isn’t
Matt Donnelly examines the dramatic rise in autism diagnoses and explains why better recognition is behind the increased prevalence.
Why don’t we have a good tuberculosis vaccine?
Freya Cook explores the development of a more effective tuberculosis vaccine and the current challenges researchers face.
Novel male contraceptives — hormonal or non-hormonal? A summary of research and new developments
Will Jackson reports on novel male contraceptives research developments, covering associated benefits and drawbacks.