A party trick performed using fruit in a microwave oven could lead to more sensitive detectors of microwave radiation, with applications in fields such as
Academic math, you’d probably assume, is a kind of dry topic, filled with tedious equations and the like. Not so, if a new paper is
Welcome to True Crime in Science. Over six episodes, we have discussed some well-known true crime cases, as well as some cases you may not have
For a long time, archaeologists interpreted the many bones of small carnivores they found in early Neolithic settlements in the Levant as coming from fur
For thousands of years, thinkers argued about whether light is made of particles or waves. At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists realized it
The Earth is a wondrous place, but some of the most stunning things sometimes come from off-world. Take, for example, pallasite meteorites – extra-terrestrial rocks
While there may be no magic number for minutes of exercise a day to keep us all healthy, new research has found that people who
It’s now a quarter of a century since Y2K, which means we’re well into the futuristic age imagined by the science-fiction writers of the 19th
This year – 2025 – marks the beginning of a new generation. All kids born from now until 2039 will be branded as Generation Beta,
Identifying individuals of wild, free-roaming animals is a tricky and time-consuming task. Visually confirming this is also more difficult for species that live elusive lives,
After invasive rats caused their disappearance from the island of Kamaka over a century ago, Polynesian storm-petrels have now been spotted returning to the area,
Deep beneath the Yellowstone Supervolcano, reservoirs brimming with explosive magma are hinting that future bouts of volcanism may now be more likely in the northeast
On New Year’s Day, 1925, attendees at an astronomical conference heard one of the most influential scientific presentations of all time. It proved the Andromeda
New research challenges the decades-old myth that ancient mines were environmentally hazardous sites. The researchers from Tel Aviv University show that copper production associated with
The world was recently blessed by the return of Wallace & Gromit’s Feathers McGraw in the movie Vengeance Most Fowl. In it, we see McGraw
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are incredible releases of energy – as much as the Sun releases in days – that last for a fraction of
Not all vaccines are created equal – some give us lifelong protection from disease after a short course, while others need a regular top-up. It’s
