Science
Beans in toast: UK should switch to broad bean bread, say researchers
Children of the storm: can a climate disaster hurt the unborn in the womb?
From wetland wonder to Woodstock: in praise of the alder tree
Vast fires razed Canberra’s suburbs 20 years ago – and changed bushfire science for ever | Andrew Gissing for the Conversation
Scientists divert lightning strikes using lasers
World’s oldest runestone found in Norway, archaeologists say
Andrew Bridgen’s Covid vaccine tweets could harm public health | Letter
England’s PCR Covid testing network drops one of three labs as demand falls
Meditation could have positive impact on gut and overall health
Visiting green spaces deters mental health drug use, researchers find
What’s the reality behind the ‘Love Island smile’? – podcast
Covid increases chance of grave illness and death in pregnant women – study
Scientists steer lightning bolts with lasers for the first time
Warning of unprecedented heatwaves as El Niño set to return in 2023
‘The silent disease’: Chagas is a killer. Now carriers want their voices heard
If plants are so intelligent, should we stop eating them? | Emma Beddington
Altruism towards other species may have helped humans thrive, study finds
Starwatch: Venus outshines Saturn in twilight conjunction
Country diary: No weeds, no tree sparrows – only a few are hanging on | David Bellamy
Splitting the atomic scientists: how the Ukraine war ruined physics