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scientists saved a bear with fish skin—and...

Bears and fish don’t generally acquire along very well. But together,it’s starting to look like...

nobel winners work in physics began with albert...

In 1915,Albert Einstein concluded his General Theory of Relativity, a theory that would revise our...

the government is finally cracking down on sexual...

During her first research trip abroad,Sarah Myhre was sexually harassed by her mentor. “He waited...

climate change and the near record 2015 wildfire...

The wildfires ravaging the Western United States are among the most damaging on record,and the...

some planets are more scorching than stars,...

Hot Jupiters are gaseous beasts that can orbit their stars at distances we Earthlings would consider...

kendall band in cambridge, massachusetts

The Kendall Band is a complicated three-piece musical sculpture installed in Kendall Station,not far...

working on it: from lightsail 1 to lightsail 2

In 2015,Bill Nye and The Planetary Society launched a Kickstarter campaign to create the LightSail...

mummy murder cold case shrouded in mystery for...

In a glass case at the Ulster Museum of Belfast lies the mummified body of a woman whose cause of...

this tiny, robotic dragonfly flies around to...

Borrowing yet again from the ingenious design of Mother Nature,scientists at Duke University gain...

forget oxygen scientists think stranger...

When we search for life beyond soil,we also have to examine beyond its parameters for life as we...

so earth might have once had a cousin, and it left...

While everything else was burning up in the rubbish inferno that was 2020,a lone meteorite fell to...

earth still has the extremely ancient planetary...

Before Earth started to morph into what would eventually become the planet we know nowadays,it had...

attributing extreme weather events to climate...

It is well known that climate change will alter the occurrence of extreme weather events like heat...

gaze into the heart of a mindblowing 1.7 gigapixel...

If you're having misfortune getting motivated for that big Spring project you've been...

are 2015s extreme weather events driven by climate...

Hurricane Patricia (Photo: NASA Earth Observatory)Record warmth,increased precipitation, and more...

given up for dead, nasa satellite found operating...

NASA's IMAGE spacecraft spent five years studying the soil's magnetosphere,but when its...

breasts: the ultimate weapons | dean burnett

Female comedian and video game characters often engage in combat while wearing outfits that are very...

what are the roadblocks to successful scientific...

Replication is the bedrock of science. But what happens when a scientist cant – or won’t –...

critical thinking about science and jihadism |...

The notion that scientists are easy prey to jihadism is scurrilous because of the fraudulent...

scientists aren t all mad, crazy haired men

Science is often misrepresented in the movies,but The Martian is an exception, and the hero’s a...

how the earliest plants made our world muddy

The first plants to beget it on to land altered mud production and where it formed rocks,changing...

maths and physics not just for the ultra bright |...

We are calling on other commerce leaders to join forces with us and educators to increase the...

will self s search for the unknown giant of 19th...

The author’s radio quest to unlock the scientific genius of James Clerk Maxwell ends in...

discussion: training animals to interact with...

@JackANDJude wrote: Hi,everyone! This week I came across a YouTuber who is training ducks to pull...

cancer moonshot? it s not rocket science! |...

final month President Obama announced a new ‘moonshot’ in the global race to find a cure for...

how peer reviewers might hold the key to making...

A new initiative published this week outlines how scientists can make a change to open science...

how to procrastinate like an expert | tania browne

The Guardian recently published a piece on how to avoid procrastinating. But what if you want to...

why women dont win science book prizes

From the pictures on her bedroom walls to the gender imbalance of her university teachers and book...

scientific defence of boaty mcboatface | letters

Science,like politics, is consumed by egos (Letters, or 19 April). And none will own bigger egos...

dame mary archer interview: to me everything has...

Academic posts at Oxford and Cambridge,a stint as head of an NHS trust, and now chair of the science...

scientific prizes don t come without public money...

For Britain to remain a world leader in science and engineering,researchers need to maintain proper...

why combining science and showmanship risks the...

Portions of science seem to be collapsing into the entertainment industry,raising serious questions...

the ripon ripple of anxiety and mass hysteria |...

When up to 40 children collapsed and suffered nausea at a Yorkshire school yesterday,media outlets...

sex and the single worm | richard p grant

Research into genetically encoded sex differences could divulge us not just approximately...

how to make tea correctly (according to science):...

Whether you save milk in your cup before or after the hot water is a fixed argument among British...

the rat utopia experiment behind jg ballards high...

As tall-Rise opens in British cinemas,we examine how Ballard’s novel reflected contemporary animal...

calling all palaeo bloggers! do you want to write...

Under the guidance of our resident expert Dr Dave Hone,we’re starting a new palaeontology blog,...

who killed off australias big birds?

recent evidence suggests 50 000 years ago humans were cooking large eggsWhen the first modern humans...

video games and aggression: a complex relationship

Our new study on the associations between playing shoot-em-ups at a young age and aggression in...

are we finally getting serious about fixing...

Biomedical research has faced criticism for being unreliable,but nowadays’s report from the...

inflatable soft robots like baymax may be used...

Disney’s robotic healthcare assistant may become a reality,thanks to advances in inflatable...

democracy v psychology: why people keep electing...

The 2015 election campaigns are under way,and it’s clear that doing or saying unintelligent things...

economics as a morality play: austerity and...

Why are demonstrations only just starting in Ireland after eight years of austerity? The answer lies...

too many neurons spoil the memory

unique research reveals the cellular mechanisms by which memory-encoding neuronal networks...

star wars: the clickbait awakens | dean burnett

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away,you could still hear this barrel being scrapedDon’t know...

schooldash: the school performance data tool for...

A new website from the founder of Digital Science aims to make it easier for a range of school...

celebrity deaths: why everybody grieving is wrong...

2016 has been a wrong time for high-profile celebrity deaths,and a lot of people are unhappy about...

hearts attack: is twitter trying to kill its...

Twitter recently introduced ‘hearts’ and likes’ instead of stars and favourites. Is this...

how same sex marriage could ruin civilisation |...

In the wake of the US supreme court ruling that legalised same-sex marriage throughout America,many...

the strangest man: a biography of paul dirac by...

A fellow quantum physicist has said his discoveries were like 'exquisitely carved statues...

turning over an old leaf: why i went back to...

After five years as a digital subscriber to the Guardian,the lure of the printed page is just too...

the tree of life: with darwin from genesis to...

A recent “tree of life has prompted a re-evaluation of our place in evolution. But why are these...

public participation in science and technology:...

Efforts to enhance public engagement with science and democracy acquire lost their way. Here are...

just the one? the misconceptions of the only child...

Having only one child is something many people frown upon,but the reasons for this are unscientific...

britain s most important historic laboratory is...

The original Cavendish Laboratory – the crucible of modern science – is under threat. Boris...

online iq tests: are they valid? | dean burnett

Boris Johnson’s recent comments own gotten everyone talking about their IQ. There are numerous...

getting under a fossils skin: how ct scans have...

Scanning is main to enormous breakthroughs. For example,we’ve now found the world’s oldest...

raising hal: introducing our new ai and data blog

Raising HAL is a new blog by science writer Martin Robbins,with a focus on artificial intelligence,...

joseph swan s lightbulb moment came before thomas...

Your article on a novel design of incandescent lightbulb (G2,13 January) perpetuates the common myth...

let s not put all our funding eggs into the...

Funding cuts are not the only thing that should worry scientists: plans to place all research...

why eco austerity won t save us from climate...

Progressives need to rediscover their Promethean ambitions and counter green ideologies that hold us...

without this equation there would have been no...

It showed how to execute communications faster and take up less space on a hard disk,making the...

wwii bombing damaged earth s atmosphere: study

The deadliest clash in human history may occupy affected Earth’s upper atmosphere,according to a...

household electromagnetic radiation doesnt make...

People suffering from electromagnetic hypersensitivity are ill. But when you explore at the...

is bb 8 a woman: why are we so determined to...

From droids in a galaxy far,far absent to the computers in our back pockets, we make huge...

nice critique: a call for more research, not...

kind guidelines for psychotherapy were criticised final week. Clinical psychologist Lucy Maddox...

neutrinos, antimatter, and science as a holistic...

‘Holistic’ is a much abused word. Like ‘quantum’ and ‘paradigm’,it is beloved of...

hydra genetically reprograms skin cells after...

After losing its nervous system,the freshwater polyp adapts its skin cells to beget them act like...

the breakthrough prize brings the stars out…

Celebrities are part of a winning formula to raise awareness of science’s unsung heroes whose work...

friday the 13th: why is it unlucky ? | dean...

Today is Friday the 13th. Again. Cultures all over the world consider this an unlucky date,despite...

how to watch the rare supermoon that will appear...

This weekend,keep your eyes on the sky — there’s a stunning lunar eclipse coming our way, and...

when it comes to claims about screen time we need...

A new study claims a link between screen time and increased rates of depression and suicide in US...

is it ok to cry in the workplace? | dean burnett

Apprentice candidate Charleine Wain recently caused a bit of a stir for crying during a board...

carol morley: i asked jimll fix it to make me a...

The recipient of this year’s Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Fellowship,filmmaker Carol Morley talks...

european commission unveils its a team of science...

Europe’s scientific advice mechanism is launched today,with a line-up of seven experts whose...

science is vital if britain is to prosper - make...

From Newton to Higgs,British science has helped shaped the world. Cutting its funding is not just...

coral reefs: secret cities of the sea |...

In nowadays’s “Museum Monday” video,we watch a time-lapse as a coral reef aquarium is set up...

male and female brains: the real differences

The recent study which “confirms” the differences between male and female brains has been...

scientists put psychics paranormal claims to the...

Professional medium Patricia Putt was final week subjected to a rigorous scientific test of her...

climate change will bring collapse of our...

Naturalist David Attenborough has a stark warning for the U.N. — address climate change...

steve : the mystery purple aurora that rivals the...

The phenomenon of ‘Steve’ - a glowing arc seen in Alberta,Canada by amateur scientists – has...

can you tell how tall someone is by the sound of...

Research suggests you can make accurate judgments approximately a person’s age,health and height...

is there an association between video games and...

We found a complex link between playing shoot-em-ups at a young age and adolescent aggression. But...

artificial intelligence: gods, egos and ex machina

Even with its flaws,last year’s Ex Machina perfectly captured the curious relationship between...

does cannabis really lower your iq? | claire...

My recent research has shown that differences other than cannabis use might be causing the...

no, theres still no evidence e cigarettes are as...

Professor Linda Bauld unpicks recent headlines around a study looking at the impact of e-cigarette...

splintered continents help keep a lid on global...

Every so often soil’s volcanoes approach to life in spectacular fashion. Geologists have uncovered...

were the lunar landings faked?

This week Buzz Aldrin,72, punched a man who suggested that the missions to the moon were a hoax. But...

groundbreaking new research suggests tornadoes may...

Groundbreaking new research on tornadoes suggests that these fierce storms may actually be created...

archaeologists discover missing part of 2,200 year...

A missing piece of the 2200-year-musty Antikythera Mechanism,which has been called the worlds oldest...

nomadic cattle farmers slowed down onset of sahara...

The Sahara Desert used to be home to a thriving ecosystem. About 8000 years ago,the region had...

clade x simulation of a flu like virus exposes...

A mock simulation of a flu-like virus used to test political and medical experts has revealed that...

synaesthesia could help us understand how the...

A recent study highlights a fascinating conception for using a multisensory neurological condition...

$frailty, falls, hip fractures: early predictors of...$

frailty, falls, hip fractures: early predictors of...

current research suggests that people who develop Parkinson’s Disease are at increased risk of...

the evidence suggests i was completely wrong about...

For years I believed that tuition fees promoted inequality. But not only could scrapping fees be a...

academic anxiety dreams, and what they might mean...

In your pyjamas and late for an exam? Looming work commitments might absorb something to do with itI...

the nurse review: where is the vision for public...

The signs are clear in this document: the public is not going to be allowed much of a role in...

wellcome s £5 billion boost to british science

The Wellcome Trust nowadays unveils its modern strategy,with a commitment to spend more and spend...

ravens cooperate with friends not foes

Ravens spontaneously cooperate to solve problems,but prefer to attain so with some individuals over...

how can we fix unconscious racism? | nathalia...

Racial prejudice has its roots in children’s natural drive to carve the world up into categories....

fireman sam: the worst children s programme ever?...

Fireman Sam is a accepted,long-running children’s TV show.It is also, scientifically speaking, and...

volcanic lightning, very, very frightening

The violent electrical storms that break as a volcano erupts mystify scientists. David Adam reports...

coconut waste being used to create eco friendly...

There has been a great push to find more environmentally friendly ways to do,well, everything, or...

2017 mexico earthquake was so powerful it split...

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck southern Mexico on September 7,2017, killing 98 and injuring...

four early roman horseshoes dug up in england

Curator Barbara Birley at Vindolanda in England,near Hexham in Northumberland, spoke to reporters at...

scientists created lab grown lungs and...

Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch are celebrating a breakthrough as they...

surprising study shows what women want when they...

A British researcher spent five years asking women what they like to watch when they view explicit...

itvs victoria illustrates how 19th century sexism...

With concealment common and women expected not even to show knowledge of the disease,infection of...

david cameron and the dangers of being trapped in...

The PM’s tax issues gain led to him being defended on the grounds that he’s ‘trapped in...

a new network for science advice in africa

There are plenty of reasons to be upbeat about the prospects for science and research across Africa....

the truth about hannibal s route across the alps

How exactly did the Carthaginian general and his elephants reach Italy? Scientists beget got their...

why the earth is actually 100% flat | dean burnett

Rapper B.o.B. has been criticised for publicly insisting the Earth is flat. You may think his claims...

artificial skin senses touch and heat

In a tall step towards the development of prosthetic limbs that feel real,two research groups have...

how can science policy help to deliver the global...

The scientific community has helped to generate the momentum behind the sustainable development...

nhs doctors: the flogged and the furious | sophia...

As someone within the profession who is directly affected,I can reveal many reasons why the proposed...

seven scientific facts to ruin childhood | dean...

Children come by told a lot of things that aren’t precisely true. Generally,there’s no harm in...

could some farming practices benefit tropical...

Conversion of tropical forests to farms is a astronomical driver of wildlife extinctions. But a...

halleys eclipse: a coup for newtonian prediction |...

300 years ago,on the 3rd of May 1715, a rare solar eclipse occurred over England. It was an...

the earth s magnetic poles are shifting, but what...

The soil’s magnetic poles are shifting,and soon north will become south and south will become...

ancient worms frozen in permafrost for 42,000...

According to a new study in collaboration with Princeton University,ancient worms hold been brought...

iceman the movie: stone age survivor otzi is...

The world’s oldest mummy has been a boon to scientists,the Tyrolean tourist trade and now to...

this is it: the one true explanation for donald...

Everyone’s theories are wrong: through cunning and selective exhaust of statistics,I can prove...

my revelation of a cloned adult mammal led to...

From the atomic age to Dolly the sheep,the Observer has broken modern ground in science reporting•...

how can we keep science honest in a world of open...

The advantages of making scientific data available for further analysis are clear,but it could also...

how are chocolate eggs made? a totally factual...

Chocolate eggs are everywhere at Easter,but to produce them in such abundance involves some extreme...

an update on a possible new particle from cerns...

As the LHC gets ready to start up again,two reananlyses of the data already taken peruse at final...

more research is needed; empty cliche or words to...

Anyone working in academic science will be familiar with the persistent consume of this phrase. But...

scientific snapshot: a tuesday in the life of a...

The scientist’s lot is a mixed one: every day is different,even if every day is judgment dayThe...

the government seem more interested in our genes...

Policymakers are moving forward with plans to turn our genetic information into potentially...

do we need sex tech to demystify the female...

The female orgasm is often viewed as “mysterious”,and this isn’t helpful. Technology may help,...

scotland holds the key to understanding how life...

A major gap in the fossil record is slowly being filledI was looking at Romer’s Gap the other day....

lost worlds revisited - an introduction to our new...

Lost Worlds has evolved! Welcome to Lost Worlds Revisited,our new palaeontology blog, and meet our...

has a rampaging ai algorithm really killed...

A killer machine-learning algorithm guiding the U.S. drone program has killed thousands of harmless...

hospital or home: who cares? | vanessa heggie

The latest NHS performance figures display there is a serious problem with so-called ‘bed...

can physics help communication between refugees in...

Since nature is universal,and physics is the language, maybe we can reach out to refugees through...

the house science committee chair is harassing...

Lamar Smith has targeted government climate change researchers with a subpoena that demands all...

why it s time to get real about interdisciplinary...

A original book argues for less focus on structures and funding for interdisciplinarity,and more on...

if i burn out, i burn out: meet taylor wilson,...

He fused the atom at 14,has advised the US government on counter-terrorism and plans to defeat...

porn data: visualising fetish space

What are the most expensive kinks? Is porn keeping track with inflation,and is it possible to map...

bad luck, bad journalism and cancer rates |...

Please,journalists, get a clue before you write about scienceThe immense science/health news story...

giving away your data: from galton and google to...

Over the final 200 years personal datahas become a valuable commodity and companies,governments and...

scientists have found the creation of irish bog...

Before refrigeration became the norm,the Irish had devised their own method of keeping their food...

iguana sized reptile dubbed antarctic king ruled...

During the early years of the Triassic Era,the continent we now know as Antarctica was a forested...

neanderthal dna is helping scientists understand...

One specific hallmark of humans alive nowadays is that their skulls and brains are both globular,but...

researchers use 3d printing to create bionic...

Researchers acquire created a bionic mushroom that may one day befriend light up our homes.In a...

researchers crack the mystery of how dinosaur...

Whenever paleontologists dig up dinosaur bones from one site or another,the fossils are welcomed...

gut bacteria regulate nerve fibre insulation

Research suggests that intestine bacteria may directly affect brain structure and function,offering...

where there s muck… the truth about hannibal s...

How precisely did the Carthaginian general and his elephants reach Italy? Scientists have got their...

aids activists go bare to target austerity

With critical HIV treatment deemed too expensive for the NHS,ACT UP London takes on pharmaceutical...

from rubella to zika: pregnancy, disability,...

Current concerns about Zika and microcephaly recall similar anxieties about maternal infection with...

the ultra violent origins of gold

It seems supernovas aren’t enough. Nature has an even more extreme way of making heavy elements....

winter solstice: the importance of daylight | dean...

As today’s Google doodle celebrates,it’s the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. Be...

science: not just for scientists

In a landmark essay to ticket the relaunch of the British Science organization,Chief Executive Imran...

nuclear medicine! get a half life

Paul Schaffer from TRIUMF - Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics and...

the spending review is just the start of a battle...

Whatever the outcome of November’s spending review,uncertainties approximately the size and shape...

there are just not enough teachers : sciences...

The government says sciences are a tall priority in schools. But the lack of applicants for teaching...

melanie s marvelous measles: the detrimental power...

A children’s book claiming that measles is good for you and a measles outbreak in Disneyland both...

scientists have created a robust terminator like ...

Suggesting that films with towering and terrifying robots may be more than just a cramped...

mom miraculously delivers baby after first of its...

Doctors occupy made history by delivering the world’s first baby born to a woman whose uterus had...

new dna research suggests denisovans inhabited...

After discovering Denisovan DNA in the genomes of residents now living in Tibet,scientists bear...

why nasa is investigating elon musk s marijuana...

When you work with NASA,smoking pot live on the air during a podcast might not be the best belief....

giant prehistoric shark tooth washes up on north...

A North Carolina couple strolling on Wrightsville Beach earlier this week stumbled upon a scarce...

what does millennial mean? is it vague, lazy and...

Barely a day goes by without the publication of dozens of articles approximately millennials. But...

id like to write a nice reference, but ... the ups...

Beware: letters of reference can tell us as much approximately the writer as the...

why the teaching excellence framework is flawed

With its drive towards the market,the government’s higher education green paper risk undermining...

the science of us: what lies ahead for uk social...

The social sciences have never been more vital. But they still face challenges in terms of...

video: 100 years of einsteins general relativity

One hundred years ago,as time is measured on Earth, Einstein published his theory of General...

new quantum technology, and the measurement and...

Einstein’s relativity,optical atomic clocks, and November’s Perimeter Institute public lecture...

e cigarettes: a consumer led revolution

E-cigarettes are used by millions in the UK,but information approximately them is sometimes...

do statins really age you faster?

On Sunday the Express front page warned us that ‘statins age you faster. But what does the...

cannabis: whats in a name?

Recent studies maintain used “hash” and “skunk” to recount varying strengths of cannabis....

study finds high levels of arsenic and lead in...

A study by Consumer Reports,a non-profit research group, has found tall levels of dangerous metals,...

archaeologists have made unparalleled discovery...

Archaeologists in East Yorkshire maintain recently made what they maintain called an...

vanilla residue has been discovered in a 3,600...

A team of archaeologists has recently discovered vanilla residue in a 3600-year-traditional Bronze...

the crab mentality is why you re stuck in a dead...

Sick and tired of your dead-end job? Well,you can leave and travel on to better things any time you...

its time to take the great white men of science...

Yes,the Oxford statue of Rhodes should fall but why not novelist HG Wells, a eugenics enthusiast,...

from timurlengia to a pregnant t rex, its an...

We know more approximately tyrannosaurs than any other dinosaur group,but that lickety-split-growing...

rene laennecs stethoscope: a new way of listening...

René Laennec’s stethoscope gave doctors a unusual way to listen to patients – hearing their...

one in five muslims do what? how to create your...

The Sun’s recent controversial front page is just the latest in a long line of worrying claims and...

cosmonauts v astronauts: with these space race...

Russian and American adventures in space are revealed in vivid detail in the spectacular Cosmonauts...

humanist vs islamic perspectives on science and...

Jim Al-Khalili,physicist and and Ziauddin Sardar, chair of the Muslim Institute, and talk...

sajid javid s blueprint for bis heightens fears...

A leaked consultation on the future of the Department for trade,Innovation and Skills has deepened...

has physics cried wolf too often? | jon...

Mistakes are embarrassing,and getting over-excited approximately a statisitical anomaly is silly....

study: men with a greater range of personality...

Men with a greater range of personality traits have sex more often and produce more offspring,a...

archaeologists have uncovered ancient footprints...

Archaeologists acquire just made a very important discovery in Turkey after discovering...

harvard researchers create revolutionary 3d...

A novel printing technique designed by engineers at Harvard University in Massachusetts is...

sci fi lovers have a positive outlook on turning...

whether you remember the 2014 sci-fi movie Transcendence starring Johnny Depp,then you have some...

abandon hype in climate models

The economic models that are used to inform climate policy currently contain an unhealthy dose of...

gwyneth paltrows bee sting beauty treatment just...

Gwyneth Paltrow recommending bee stings as a beauty treatment is daft,but just a symptom of a wider...

the politics of evidence based policymaking

When presenting evidence to policymakers,scientists and other experts need to engage with the policy...

nicholson s journal: britain s first commercial...

A free online index gives recent insight into the reading of British men of science around 1800,and...

the myth of the know it all scientist | dean...

A surreal aspect of being a scientist is the weird questions you get asked by those external the...

a cooler way to evaluate brain surgery patients

A new method of evaluating neurosurgical patients provides fresh insight into how the brain produces...

gravitational waves: an astrophysicist answers...

The discovery of gravitational waves has been hailed as a breakthrough. But,er – what are they?...

nice guidelines for psychological therapy ...

kind claim that they provide ‘evidence based’ healthcare guidance,but Keith Laws believes this...

the physics of brain folding

3D printing provides a new way of modelling the formation of cortical convolutionsThe human brain is...

hackahairdryer: another attempt to make science...

Jenny Rohn: Despite years of effort,women remain under-represented in science. But are there really...

alcohol use disorder: the urgent issue we cant...

The benefits of reducing alcohol consumption hit the headlines this week,but how can we inaugurate...

can you handle the truth? some ugly facts in...

Ahead of her Sense approximately Science lecture,Tracey Brown digs around the evidence with some...

fermilabs giant magnet begins its journey into the...

Two years ago,a enormous magnet made its way from Brookhaven, original York to Fermilab, or...

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