Science Features

How root vegetables and ash could make concrete more environmentally friendly

...and what lessons have we learned from 2020?

The role of science communication in the COVID-19 pandemic...

Just when I thought I was getting on top of the rules, with a Covid-compatible Christmas gift-wrapped and ready to go,...

Understanding where and how the stars of the Milky Way formed

Different efforts to unify quantum mechanics and relativity have led to vastly different concepts of the meaning of...

Using big data techniques to analyse archives

A third of the human brain is devoted solely to making sense of what we see, so it's not surprising that graphs...

AI processes should be explainable to avoid repeating past human mistakes

For humans, the ability to recognise, process and memorise faces is arguably one of our most important skills.

Patches of 'e-skin' could restore lost sensation and detect disease

The behaviour dubbed 'phubbing' is eroding relationships and basic fundamental needs. Here's how...

Dark forests have prevented the worst effects of nitrogen pollution, but that is set to change

Europe needs investment on a ‘wartime footing’

The pandemic has shone a light on the structural inequality in food distribution and production

AI can encode human biases, with implications for how we handle the pandemic

Llamas, new research has revealed, may be harbouring an immune trick that is a potent therapy for Covid-19...

Researchers in Western Australia have created a buzz about how honeybee venom kills breast cancer cells...

We can programme plants to grow biomolecules. Is farming the future of vaccines?

How heatwaves endanger our health and our work

The world is in the grip of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. What advances have we made against the threat?

How coronavirus is amplifying sex differences in medicine

When you're sedated, there are radical changes to the architecture of your brain...

Two emerging routes to a new pancreas