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Science Features
Science articles and medical features written by scientists internationally...
13 January 2018
Significant palaeoenvironmental changes that occurred during the Quaternary, the most recent geological period, could...
12 January 2018
An environmentally friendly coffee machine and a way to turn used coffee grounds into a new type of ink are helping to...
21 December 2017
Research has revealed that our microbiome can fluctuate with the seasons.
21 December 2017
A new filtration system that uses natural molecules to remove hormone-affecting chemicals from wastewater has succeeded...
17 December 2017
There is growing evidence from scientific studies that individuals can become addicted to using social networking sites...
15 December 2017
Glasses that translate images of physical objects into soundscapes and a belt that turns images into vibrations are...
14 December 2017
This gene is larger than life
09 December 2017
In the spring of 2015 my mother-in-law was dying of breast cancer. She had exhausted the usual routes of therapy...
07 December 2017
The chemistry behind social behaviour in animals, including the bond between people and dogs – and the lack of one...
03 December 2017
Where is the HIV vaccine? It is a fair question, is it not?
01 December 2017
Is a cure for HIV on the horizon, and what does cure, in the context of HIV, really mean?
30 November 2017
What do the UK-based editor of a leading technology magazine and a self-taught coder from a low-income neighbourhood in...
24 November 2017
Did the evolutionary process towards musical abilities begin in the primeval oceans? And have Human footsteps...
16 November 2017
Analysing regional differences in the DNA of wood and has allowed scientists to determine the location of the original...
16 November 2017
The recent discovery of two neutron stars colliding brings us one step closer to understanding how heavier elements,...
14 November 2017
Our Gene of the Month is in the pub already.
09 November 2017
Television viewers could be offered adverts that are a lot more relevant and personal with the help of new technology...
08 November 2017
Recently, emergence has been helping to explain consciousness and free will.
02 November 2017
Mummified bodies from Egypt and the Canary Islands are having their digestive tracts tested and compared to living...
27 October 2017
Movie directors regularly manipulate the passage of time in films to entertain their audiences, but researchers are...
19 October 2017
Astronomers have witnessed a collision between two neutron stars for the first time, thanks to a tie-in between...
12 October 2017
Wind speeds around the world seem to be decreasing in a phenomenon known as ‘stilling’ and European scientists are...
10 October 2017
As most people know, all surgeries — no matter how minor — are risky for patients. Things can go wrong during the...