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Category: Science
Tiny human brain grown in lab has eye-like structures t...
Small blobs of human brain grown in a dish have been coaxed into forming rudimentary eyes that respond to light. They could help u...
Male chimps with more friends are more likely to have o...
Male chimpanzees with stronger social bonds have higher reproductive success, probably because their friendships help them climb t...
Enormous lasers have created the highest-pressure condi...
The immense lasers at the US National Ignition Facility have created the highest-pressure conditions ever made in a laboratory, br...
Birds get angry when their favourite snacks are swapped...
Eurasian jays squawk and fly away when shown a cups-and-balls-style magic trick in which their favourite snacks are swapped out fo...
UK plan to boost hydrogen production relies on fossil f...
Production of hydrogen from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage has been given the UK government’s backing, despite conce...
Covid-19: Lockdown not enough to stop Australia’s delta...
After being relatively untouched by the pandemic, Sydney, Australia, is now in the midst of its worst covid-19 outbreak, which is ...
VPNs could be vulnerable to attacks that send you to fa...
Virtual private networks (VPNs), which have seen a rise in use as more people work from home, are vulnerable to an attack that rem...
Colombia's peace treaty accidentally sparks increase in...
The end of Colombia's civil war in 2016 unwittingly caused an increase in deforestation across the country as Marxist guerrillas n...
Humanitarian aid guided by satellite data may harm marg...
Policy-makers can use satellite data to quickly identify areas of the world in need of humanitarian aid, but it might contain bias...
Astronomers may have spotted a new spiral arm of the Mi...
Researchers have found a colossal filament of gas called Cattail at the edge of the galaxy – it could be a new spiral arm of the M...
Will the IPCC report help focus politicians' minds on c...
The recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change outlined the significant carbon cuts needed to avoid the worst ...
Ancient dog faeces show how our canine friends became o...
Gut microbes helped ancient dogs eat starch-rich food when farming led to a change in diet for people and their animals, an analys...