Grey squirrels threaten UK red squirrel populations since their 19th-century introduction
Red squirrel numbers in the UK have fallen sharply since grey squirrels were released from North America in the 1800s.
Category: Science
Volunteers clean Bristol Harbour for ten years before funding ends
A volunteer group in Bristol has marked ten years of removing unusual waste from the harbour before facing uncertainty over its future funding.
Monks on Mount Athos preserve ancient chants for over a millennium
Monks on Mount Athos in northern Greece continue singing offices that date back more than 1,000 years.
Tiny crustaceans move massive amounts of sand along California coast
Researchers found that tiny beach-dwelling crustaceans in California move large quantities of sediment daily.
Researchers identify unique fatty acid signature in cat urine
Scientists from Iwate University in Japan and international partners discovered a specific chemical marker in cat urine on September 20, 2026.
University of Toronto engineers create ultra-bright nanoparticles for chemical detection
Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed new dye-sensitized nanoparticles capable of detecting tiny chemical traces and distinguishing nearly identical molecules on September 20, 2026.
NIST experiment reveals new measurement for universal gravitational constant
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology opened a sealed envelope after ten years to reveal a new measurement of the universal gravitational constant.
Oxford physicists find quantum entanglement survives in heavy Z bosons at CERN
University of Oxford researchers reported that heavy Z bosons produced at CERN's Large Hadron Collider on September 20, 2026, showed evidence of quantum entanglement during Higgs boson decays.
Satellites reveal Greenland and Antarctica lost over 12 trillion tons of ice since 1979
A new study published in Scientific Data reports that satellites detected more than 12 trillion tons of ice melting from Greenland and Antarctica between 1979 and today.
Georgetown study finds little link between social tech use and adult life satisfaction
Researchers from Georgetown University, USC, and UC Berkeley published findings in Nature Human Behaviour on September 20, 2026, stating that changes in social technology use did not predict subsequent life satisfaction for US adults.