In Short

Scientists have developed a new "keyhole surgery" method to extract metals from certain types of rocks

The first shipment of Atomik vodka - supposedly safe to drink - is awaiting release from Ukrainian customs...

A new animal-inspired camera can assist surgeons removing tumours...

At one bank, loan officers rejected significantly more restructuring requests after a few hours' work...

Scihub makes research papers available for free. Could users be in danger? Daniel Himmelstein says no...

It's not just wheat that has ears! Noise is having a knock-on effect on plant reproduction across the field...

Scientists have highlighted a receptor in the brain that might be a useful drug target in anorexia...

Scientists are unearthing Neanderthal genetics thanks to a breakthrough in DNA analysis

A new treatment for paracetamol overdose found more effective than current one, tested in mice

New research has found a gene that looks to be the reason why rabbits, and perhaps all bouncing mammals hop.

Spinosaurus lived near water. But did it swim like a crocodile, or hunt like a heron? A new paper weighs in...

Scientists working in a seed bank found a whole world of associated microbes...

The mystery of the toxin killing bald Eagles across the USA has finally been solved

Scientists think that a yeast used in the food industry may be causing issues in Crohn's sufferers guts...

How can smoke travel up beyond the lower atmosphere?

This snail has a venom cocktail that includes similar chemicals to those that worms use to mate...

What can egg-xperiments tell us about the physics of concussion?

Could the drug semaglutide be used to treat obesity?

A new way to repair diseased livers has been unveiled by University of Cambridge researchers...

How does herd immunity work in practice, and are the vaccines we have likely to achieve it?

Coronavirus variants, the latest on the vaccines and vaccine hesitancy, and why big flu outbreaks might be hot on Covid...

Scientists have shown that antidepressant paroxetine may be useful in osteoarthritis...

Was the Arctic ocean once actually freshwater?

Female crickets listen to male songs to pick their partner. It seems they're getting distracted...