Science Features

How mammals survived, thrived, and became dominant across the planet...

Newly-discovered genes that helped supersize human brains along with DNA retrieved from extinct humans, which can still...

Personalised smartphone applications and wearable technologies that are attuned to the user’s state of mind are...

Have you ever wondered how The Naked Scientists make science so accessible and interesting? The Naked Scientists’...

We could get to the stage where atmospheric greenhouse gases are in decline – a point known as drawdown – and begin to...

How a few students, an idea, and some maggots became the future of food...

Can you make clothes from food waste?

Expectant mothers often face a dilemma about whether to take medication when they fall ill due to fears it might harm...

The impish smile and garrulous, back-slapping charm that soothes the most anxious patient...

Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics, ‘desperately’ need an institutional framework and...

They aren’t what most people think they are, Human eyes...

Research into the remarkable regenerative powers of worms and the insights they can give into battling diseases could...

The DNA from 5000 ancient bone fragments from New Zealand reveals the cost to the natural world of human arrival...

Bioinks containing stem cells are being used to 3D print living tissues that can be inserted into the body and provoke...

To understand what leads people into violent extremism, scientists are turning the question on its head and asking why...

Not all doom and gloom: new research offers a tantalising alternative to a lifetime’s consumption of pulses and avocado.

A new way to farm indoors using different wavelengths of light could boost the taste of fruits, salads and herbs, while...

Europe’s population is ageing rapidly, yet the majority of car safety equipment is tested using dummies modelled on...

To feed more than 9 billion people by 2050, farmers will have to produce 70% more food. Here's how genetics can...

Unravelling one of the most elaborate forms of non-human communication – the honeybee’s waggle dance – could help...

The message has always been clear: make sure to finish your full course of antibiotics. Or else?

Noise is one of the biggest pollutants in modern cities but the risk is often overlooked despite being linked to an...

From droughts and forest fires to floods and big freezes, extreme weather events are on the rise - so how can we...

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