Science Features

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.

We slice open an LED light bulb to see how they work and why we need them.

Renewable energy systems must rely on better, more powerful energy storage systems if the industry wants to become...

Many of us are probably all too familiar with the looming dread that comes with the morning after a night of drinking....

Would we rather go into space or to the bottom of the sea? For me, always, and with zero hesitation it would be to the...

It looks like a standard radar screen, but the technology behind the red flashing dots that alert the crew of an ocean...

There's a pill that can prevent HIV: don't you think it should be available?

Like a game of mental Battleships, neurolinguists work out how we process language by matching up brain injuries and...

Have you ever thought about the possibility of several parallel worlds? What if there is a doppelganger of yourself...

There are important evolutionary reasons that explain the differences between men and women, and understanding them can...

The “theory of evolution” has largely remained unchanged in over 150 years but is it really only the fittest that...

How can maths and computing help in the fight against extinction?

For centuries, people have wondered what happens to us after we die. While the question will likely remain one of the...