Elephants call each other by name, study finds
Elephants call out to each other using individual names that they invent for their fellow pachyderms, according to a new study. While dolphins and parrots have been observed addressing each other by mimicking the sound of others from their species,…
Wolff confident Mercedes are heading to front of grid after Canada improvement
Toto Wolff believes Mercedes are on the way to returning to the front of the Formula One grid after recording their best performance of the season at the Canadian Grand Prix. The team have endured a torrid opening to 2024…
Did you solve it? Do you think like an engineer?
Earlier today I set you these two problems about curious objects. Here they are again with solutions. 1. Pythagoras’s Cup View image in fullscreen Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician and mystic, is credited with devising a cup with the following properties:…
‘Numerous serious complaints’: Strictly axes Giovanni Pernice after biggest scandal in show’s history
Arrivederci, then, Giovanni Pernice. The BBC have at last confirmed that the Strictly Come Dancing star won’t be part of the professional lineup for this year’s series. It brings to an end a tumultuous period for the BBC’s ballroom blockbuster…
Early morning frost spotted on some of Mars’s huge mountains
Early morning frost has been spotted on some of the largest mountains in the solar system – the colossal Martian volcanoes that rise up to three times the height of Mount Everest near the planet’s equator. In colder months the…
Tom Curry picked for England’s tour to Japan and New Zealand despite lay-off
Tom Curry has been included in an England squad that contains seven players from newly crowned Premiership champions Northampton. Curry features in the 36-man group that will depart for the summer tour to Japan and New Zealand on Wednesday despite…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 first look – 300GB of spies, zombies and Margaret Thatcher
Microsoft wasn’t messing about with its Xbox showcase this year. After a raft of announcements about job losses and studio closures, the company looked to give gamers what they wanted in its Sunday night Summer Game Fest slot, ending with…
The best TV of 2024 so far
Andi Oliver’s Fabulous Feasts BBC Two/iPlayerIt often feels like we’re living through bleak times. This series is an antidote to contemporary woe as the queen of good vibes Andi Oliver travels to various troubled but resilient corners of the UK,…
Mexico’s new president ran on climate goals. Will she follow through?
The month before Mexico’s 2 June presidential vote the country was bedeviled by water cuts and blackouts as a record heatwave took the country beyond red and into an ominous purple on the weather map. As dehydrated monkeys dropped dead…
Barnaby Joyce and Keith Pitt call on Coalition to abandon Paris agreement as Albanese says Dutton ‘all negativity and no plan’
Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce and Morrison cabinet colleague Keith Pitt have called for the Coalition to abandon the Paris global climate change agreement and related emissions reduction targets, as the prime minister accused opposition leader Peter Dutton of walking…