In Short

The Australian government is demanding the tech giant pays for news content

Meet the millipedes that are disrupting train timetables!

Turns out that plant roots choose to stop growing in compacted soils...

Could playing music to patients during surgery impact the amount of pain they feel afterwards?

Accusations of "despicable behaviour" see the EU backtrack on vaccine regulations. What's the current...

A new study shows why cats love silver vine, which is like catnip, with bonus mosquito-repelling properties

We often take knitted garments for granted, but how did knitting evolve through history?

Some people get off Scot free, while others have a very rough time. Why?

A new small and flamboyantly dressed dinosaur fossil was described back in December

Do Covid-19 vaccines prevent disease but not infection or infectivity, and will be new variant overcome the protection...

We explored the science involved in some winter holiday celebrations from around the world

The first human clinical trial for a universal flu vaccine has had very promising results...

Researchers have created a type of inhaled vaccine that seems to produce a robust immune response...

Some people have reported having more bizarre dreams during lockdowns, and now scientists are interested

The AstraZeneca Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine results were announced recently, but something wasn't quite...

Using artificial intelligence to predict the onset of dementia years earlier than human doctors

Studying their suction cups to understand how this touch-taste system works

Scientists estimate that as many as 1 in 22 cases of childhood obesity could be due to advertising

Carlos "Ocelote" Rodriguez discusses running one of the biggest eSports teams in the world...

Scientists in scuba gear have found a promising new drug to treat dangerous fungal diseases

Scientists have nailed down how neurons in the brain make choices between different options

A new project to characterise the whiffs of history

Pfizer and BioNTech have concluded the Phase 3 trial of their coronavirus vaccine...

Injecting material made from myelin-producing brain cells can turn off multiple sclerosis...