Tractor beam created
Scientists have created a Star Trek style tractor beam (but it's very small) ...
View ArticleThe Weak Manifesto?
Science may ‘matter’, as Mark Henderson argues, but bringing it into greater contact with society will amplify its flaws as well as its plus points…
View ArticleCelebrate World Radio Day
On World Radio Day we should remember that the airwaves remain a vital communication medium for the developing world.
View ArticleAll About Corals
Crazy over coral. Passionate about polyps. Eliot Barford tells us why Darwin was right to call coral reefs the 'oases of the ocean'.
View ArticleGenes, beer and psychosis
Stop! Before you drink that pint, have you considered a genetic test? Susceptibility to developing mental illness from alcohol could come from genes ...
View ArticleHearing Voices
What is it like to hear voices in your head? Is it even possible to understand such an affliction?
View ArticleThe Tortuous Birth of the Tyre
The story of how the pneumatic tyre emerged on bikes illustrates how humans can shape technologies in whatever ways meet their needs...
View ArticleLightsabre: Weapon of the future?
Think lightsabres are only possible in a galaxy far, far away? If we replace the photons with plasma, they may not be so out of reach...
View ArticleWhat time is it?
Time is so integral to our experience of life that we could be forgiven for thinking it is a simple concept. But many physicists are intrigued by the question of what exactly time is...
View ArticleRunning for Alzheimer’s
Why do we run for charity? Christina Clark explains how her grandmother's illness prompted her to put on her trainers...
View ArticleCoralbots: swarming to save reefs
How robots could be used to help restore the natural beauty of coral reefs...
View ArticleExtremes
Exploring the hottest, coldest, biggest and smallest things in the universe...
View ArticleYou’re so ‘OCD’
Even simple tasks like leaving the house can be arduous for OCD-sufferers. But misuse of the label can have negative effects, argues Chrissie Clark...
View ArticleAre humans still evolving?
Evolution is genetic change over time but seven billion individuals along with artificial selection pressures could rescript that ...
View Article‘Smart bombs’ target cancer
Monoclonal antibodies attached to cytotoxic drugs act as homing missiles that destroy cancers from their core ...
View ArticleSuper sniffers
Dogs are already used to detect diabetes sufferers and illegal drugs but their acme noses might also be able to sniff out cancer ...
View ArticleNew Earth Science blog
When I tell people I am an Earth scientist, I am generally faced with the amused exclamation: “So… you love rocks!” ...
View ArticleCan you hear me?
Cochlear implants return hearing to deaf people quicker if the brain area they remap is already highly active ...
View ArticleZebrafish: neuroscience heroes
Zebrafish are the unsung heroes of neuroscience, participating in more research in this area than any other animal model …
View ArticleFickle Fungi and more…
From the last two weeks we've got the good, the bad and the fungi, the commerce of biodiversity and life as a commonplace ...
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