It’s time to unveil the Underwater Photographer of The Year! With over 6,000 images entered ranging from angry fish to silly camels, the competition showcases
Cracking your knuckles is right up there with the most divisive things you can do at the dinner table. Some shrug it off, some fall
A new inhalable gene therapy for cystic fibrosis (CF) has entered Phase I clinical trials, a major milestone on the journey towards seeing this treatment
The Solar System has four planets made mostly of gas, but no moons with the same composition. So is it a law of nature that
How is it that organisms are so damned good at evolving to overcome environmental challenges? This is a question that has long been posed by
In some wholesome news, some mice seemingly attempt to revive their unconscious peers in an act that could be interpreted as akin to human “first
Neanderthals clung onto existence in Eurasia until roughly 40,000 years ago, yet new research suggests that their numbers declined drastically around 70,000 years prior to
New Zealand is well known for its Bird of the Year competition, which has seen winners ranging from a delightfully round, drunk pigeon to a
With New York’s Attorney General recently announcing plans to sue vape distributors for “fueling the youth vaping epidemic” and “creating a massive public health crisis”,
Arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, is one of the most common phobias – even for those without a full-blown fear, these eight-legged beasties still give
Microsoft has unveiled a new quantum chip named Majorana 1 which it claims will be able to solve major, real-world problems within decades. Though others
The point at which ancient humans developed the weaponry for long-distance hunting is a matter of fierce debate amongst anthropologists. The authors of a new
Animal intelligence is a complex and hotly debated topic; there’s even some debate about the sentience of certain species and their ability to think. But
US hospitals are on track for a crisis in as little as seven years. This stark warning comes from a group of researchers at the
One of the greatest mysteries left for humans is the question; where is everybody else? Though there are around 200 billion trillion stars out there
Scientists have proposed an unlikely solution to water scarcity in one of the driest places on the planet: fog. By harvesting moisture from the air,
A new study measuring the cognitive skills of paleognaths – the small-brained, generally flightless, and more stereotypically dinosaur-like class of birds that includes ostriches, emus,
