Science Features

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...

We've been unpicking the genomes of T. rex's descendents to find out...

In March 2011, my life took a turn when a simple blood sample would reveal whether or not I would have the rare,...

Food fraud, where different or low-quality food is deliberately mislabelled and sold as high-quality goods, risks the...

A volcanic eruptions on the Big Island of Hawaii is sending lava surging through streets and gardens, engulfing homes...

Antidepressants have long been surrounded by controversy: are too many people taking them? Or are doctors too reluctant...

A theory developed with the late Professor Stephen Hawking stating that the universe is more simple and uniform than...

Some materials are special not for what they contain, but for what they don’t contain. Such is the case with metal-...

Graphs are amazingly simple mathematical objects widely used in computer science, biology, chemistry and many other...

We are addicted to plastics. They are used for everything, from food packaging to smart phones. But when we are done...