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Tiny plastic particles in drinking water may be doing more than contaminating the environment. New research suggests nanoplastics can actually help harmful bacteria survive by strengthening the slimy biofilms they form inside water systems. These tougher biofilms become more resistant to disinfectants, making them harder to remove and potentially increasing public health risks.
Researchers have found an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star with an atmosphere.
A study of 225 newborns suggests prenatal estrogen may have played a role in the evolution of larger human brains. Boys with finger-length patterns linked to higher estrogen exposure before birth tended to have larger head circumferences, which are strongly associated with brain size. The same connection was not seen in girls.
All UK nations have experienced recent heatwave conditions but in southern England, the heatwave has now continued for 14 days.
Simon King looks at the threats posed to airline operations by hotter weather and rising sea levels.
New report says our ability to tie weather damages to climate change is improving.
The Mangalitsa-cross pigs on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour will eventually grow to about 180kg.
West Cumbria Rivers Trust says eel numbers have fallen by 90% in the last 30 years.
'It's like having an amusement park and not opening it' - algae closures take tollBBCJuly 26, 2026
How to see July's full Buck Moon as it rises in the night skyBBCJuly 26, 2026
A single dose reversed autism-like symptoms in adult mice within hoursScienceDailyJuly 25, 2026
Superagers keep youthful memories but their DNA does not explain whyScienceDailyJuly 25, 2026
Scientists put the “recycling is a distraction” claim to the testScienceDailyJuly 25, 2026