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JIAXING, CHINA - JULY 27: Tourists watch tidal bore of the Qiantang River on July 27, 2025 in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province of China. A tidal bore of the Qiantang River arrives at its most heyday. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

Environment

See the world’s largest tidal bore on the Qiantang river in China

Known by locals as the Silver Dragon, this tidal bore can reach 4 metres tall and travel at speeds of up to 10 metres per second

Marine tube worms in the deep-sea environment

Life

How life thrives in one of the most hostile environments on Earth

Chemistry

Extra-hard hexagonal diamonds can now be grown in a lab

Lung tissue samples from mice, showing the nuceli of cells (blue), cancerous cells (green) and markers of proliferation (magenta)

Health

Covid-19 and flu may reawaken dormant cancer cells in the lungs

Dr Robert Mulvaney from BAS

Why climate scientists are analysing the world’s oldest ice core

Life

New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia

Humans

Ancient pots found near Pompeii contain 2500-year-old honey

Earth

Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption

Environment

Rust-based battery connects to an electricity grid for the first time

Environment

California bets on iron-salt battery power to protect against wildfire

A battery made from cheap and non-flammable iron and salt could provide emergency power in one of California鈥檚 high wildfire risk zones

Environment

Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon

Technology

Solar-powered ambush drones can wait for targets like land mines

Health

Steadfast lifestyle changes seem best to improve cognitive decline

Life

Puppy and cheetah cub make unlikely pair of step-siblings