There are five types of sleep – here’s what that means for your health
Sleep can be experienced very differently from one person to the next PeopleImages/Shutterstock Different people may experience one of five
Your happiness in life may not be U-shaped – here’s how it could vary
Our happiness levels are not constant throughout our lives Ippei & Janine Photography/Getty Images The commonly held belief that happiness
Jane Goodall, dogged advocate for the natural world, has died aged 91
Jane Goodall studying the behaviour of a chimpanzee during her research in Tanzania Penelope Breese/Liaison Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall has
Two-in-one inhalers slash asthma attacks among young children
Combination asthma inhalers seem to be the best treatment option for all ages SBDIGIT/Getty Images Inhalers that combine providing immediate
Reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our enigmatic Ancestor X
The Yunxian 2 skull was squashed, but has now been reconstructed and appears to be an early Denisovan Gary Todd
Venus has lava tubes, and they’re weird
We are learning more about Venus, the hot, high-pressure planet JSC/NASA We now know for sure that massive underground tunnels,
Unforgeable quantum money can be stored in an ultracold ‘debit card’
A quantum version of a debit card could keep your money safe Globalimages101/Alamy A rudimentary quantum debit card that can
Long covid may be making your periods longer and heavier
Planning for your period might be difficult if long covid has made it last longer SeventyFour Images / Alamy Long
Jaguar breaks records by swimming at least 1.3 kilometres
Jaguars are known to be strong swimmers Matthias Graben/imageBROKER RF/Getty Images Camera traps show that an adult male jaguar swam
DNA cassette tape can store every song ever recorded
The DNA cassette resembles music cassette tapes Jiankai Li et al. 2025 Retro cassette tapes may be making a comeback,