In Short

Scientists find brain’s laughter switch

Diet-drug deters mosquitoes from biting...

Morning person or night owl? It's already written in your genes...

How do you treat an enlarged heart?

A new technique that makes the process of carbon capture 24% more energy-efficient has been announced

Scientists add another piece to the puzzle of Martian geography...

Researchers from the University of Geneva look at multiple benefits of rocking adults to sleep.

Muscles can store the benefits of exercise for use again later.

Experiments have uncovered surprising chemicals popping up in supposedly nicotine-free e-cigarettes

A medieval skeleton has been discovered with some unexpected extras hidden in her teeth...

A phone app uses sonar to monitor respirations...

Could sleep monitoring be an early screening tool for Alzheimer's disease?

Lawrence Jones, CEO of UKFast, and Chris Smith, of the Naked Scientists, in conversation...

How does the liver repair itself so well?

Hundreds of tiny robots that together are greater than the sum of their parts.

Singing Scientist Rishi Nag wrote us a Christmas song...

A new way of hunting down cancer is much more accurate than previous attempts

How to cut down on carbon and waste this Christmas!

A new device produces clean water and superheated steam using solar energy.

A new device that can perform single cell biopsies.

Will toddlers with good language skills still be doing well in 10 years time?

A tiny version of a human placenta will help investigate mysteries of pregnancy.

Soft robots need a nervous system, too

Imagining a threat activates the same brain process as real exposure.