Science Features

10 scientific breakthroughs to shape Europe for the next 60 years

Society depends on farmers to feed the world. Many agriculture techniques from the past exacerbated problems, such as...

Death unites humanity. No matter your walk of life, you will die. It is perhaps the only fact that is truly universally...

At face value this seems like a ridiculous match up; the fastest man on the planet against a fundamentally stationary...

For some people the issue of vaccination isn’t about facts, it’s a matter of faith, and this unshakable belief has...

In the era of fake news, what challenges do science communicators have to overcome?

We are now in a race against time. Due to climate change, overpopulation, over-harvesting, habitat destruction and...

Even the deepest parts of the ocean are not safe from the footprints of humanity...

Our gene of the month has a surprising superpower

Replacing lost brain cells may help undo the damage caused by Parkinson’s disease, researchers believe.

In the 1940s and 1950s, more than 40,000 “lobotomies” were performed in the USA alone. Doctors essentially removed the...

Call it fake news, false content, or propaganda, either way we are in a new era of misinformation and it’s influencing...

Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, usually brings images of delicate paper swans and dragons to mind. While it...

People with lifestyle-related diabetes are at an increased risk of developing dementia and, with both conditions on the...

A set of 3D-printed lenses that are smaller than a grain of sand but can mimic eagle-eye vision came about thanks to a...

Recent research into understanding how bacteria can influence human behaviour has led to the surprising conclusion that...

If you take humans out of the driving seat, could traffic jams, accidents and high fuel bills become a thing of the...

Abnormalities of specific neural circuits relates to lack of flexibility in OCD, new research suggests

Before the introduction of the electric chair, there were numerous accidental deaths from electric shock, but it wasn’t...

Forty-five years ago, the American nutritionist Ancel Keys launched the Seven Countries Study, the world’s first multi-...

Van Leeuwenhoek’s life is a great a scientific rags to riches story. Born in Delft, Holland, in 1632, he came from a...

A new technology that uses sound waves could show which cancer treatments work, and even help slow down cancer spread.

We know that exercise is good for our health in general, but we often don't think about how it affects specific...

New hybrid printers are improving accuracy and scale.