Trump wants to open an Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya... despite the fact there are 0 cases of infection in Kenya. On...
Ever had difficulty swatting a pesky housefly? New evidence suggests that houseflies combine temporal motion and visual signals, which gives them close to ‘predictive’ vision. By understanding how tiny fly brains can...
The number of scientific publications written by artificial intelligence (AI) is increasing – and not necessarily leading to better quality, according to researchers. ChatGPT was released for public...
A recent study led by King’s College London shows that heart rate and respiration respond to music, suggesting music therapy could be used to treat heart conditions. Music appeals to...
Discussing everything bats, from features like echolocating noses and large food-collecting feet, to behaviours like mating swarms, delayed pregnancies and...
Simon Rogers occupies a uniquely privileged vantage point. As Google's Data Editor, leading a team of data journalists, analysts, and...
Scientists have found that every time you tighten your abdominal muscles, your brain gently sways inside your skull causing the circulation of cerebrospinal fluids. This...
Scientists designed manganese catalysts that are highly efficient at converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into formate, which has strong potential as a clean energy source in fuel cells. Manganese (Mn) is a brittle, silvery-grey transition metal that can be found in...
The power of friendships is a common trope in fiction – the underdogs come together to defeat an overpowering evil figure. Scientifically, it appears that things are...
In February, two pairs of beavers were released into a river in Cornwall. For conservationists this was a monumental achievement, a...
One of the best-known painters of the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz Picasso is a household name. To mark a century...
We’re Justified to Complain About the Weather Feel like it hasn’t stopped raining? That’s because it hasn’t. The UK has seen its sixth wettest winter since...
After an unrelenting string of grey, rainy days in London, I lucked out with one of those rare sunny February...
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There's no shortage of books promising to make the cosmos comprehensible to the general reader, but Sarah Alam Malik brings...
Ahead of the upcoming release of the film Project Hail Mary, we spoke to Theoretical Physicist Fay Dowker to help us understand...
The Floreana Island giant tortoise was thought to have died out 180 years ago. Now its descendants have returned to the island. The famed giant tortoises...
The UK has seen its sixth wettest winter on record. 2026 has been characterised with consecutive days of rain, broken...
On the 7th of January this year, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared war on added sugar and...
Almost all modern technology – even the laptop or smartphone you are using to read this article, rely on materials known as semiconductors. These are found...
Abidemi Otaiku explains how nightmares can put you at higher risk of brain disorders and discusses ways we can prevent them. Phew! This...
Pandora, a space telescope satellite from NASA, was launched into orbit and will soon study 20 exoplanets far away from our Solar System. Pandora, image courtesy of NASA/Blue...
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch is a science fiction thriller steeped in horror, one that quietly steals hours from...
Biofilms are often described as “cities of microbes”. These are slimy communities of microorganisms that are typically found in wet environments and have a major effect...
In December, London’s Excel Centre hosted 40,000 competitors for the largest ever HYROX event. In welcoming ‘every participant with open arms’, the...
For over 30 years, American film director Wes Anderson has crafted rich fictional worlds in which narrative and design are...
The process of metamorphosis in Ciona, a type of sea squirt, has molecular similarities to neurodegeneration in humans, according to scientists. Ciona is...
Seasoned climber Yejin Lhee tells us all about the science behind bouldering. From the fight against gravity, the physical and...
Jack Hooper asks whether we still have the speed, the strength, the heart – and the eyesight – to be...
Of all the Sci-Fi I’ve read in the past year - and believe me I read a lot - Project Hail Mary,...