
- Oct 3
Bath defeat Exeter 40-34 to go top of Gallagher Premiership table
Bath moved to the top of the Gallagher Premiership table after surviving a second-half Exeter fightback to secure a 40-34 victory at the Recreation Ground.
- Sep 30
Butterfly wing patterns create motion illusions that deceive predators during flight, study finds
A study of 397 European species published in Nature reveals that fluttering wing stripes generate optical illusions, causing birds to miscalculate flight trajectories and miss their targets.

- Sep 1
Met Office, Met Éireann and KNMI reveal 21 storm names for 2026/27 season
Weather services in the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands have selected 21 names from over 40,000 public submissions and institutional history to mark the start of autumn.