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Researchers have been turning proteins into music, using AI to make it sound as pleasant as possible.
We tend to take the pointiest, rather than the fastest, route to our destination when walking in cities
The technology makes clean hydrogen from renewables, but how is this gas going to help in a green economy?
Marking 100 editions of NAKED REFLECTIONS, Rowan Williams and Chris Smith discuss the merits and dangers of eloquence...
Will the climate crisis be averted, or will discussions in Glasgow generate more hot air?
Which is better for the environment; shop bought tomatoes or home-grown?
Have you heard of audio-only games? We explain how they work.
A new rapid diagnostic, based on nanotubes, might be the answer to rapid coronavirus diagnosis...
What's the duration of the protection after a jab, or natural infection, plus a host of head-scratchers from...
For Halloween, we're getting up close and personal with spiders, from their venom to their mating habits
The invisible stuff is an essential part of our universe, but is it made of individual particles or lumps?
How BepiColombo looked down on Mercury as it flew by recently...
There's more to paganism than someone who takes their clothes off and dances round a stone circle...
Rather than disease spreading through the brain, how quickly disease-associated proteins increase in individual brain...
Landing sites on mars, social media under scrutiny and the crypto instigated financial meltdown...
How similar is the brain of my best friend? And how much of my IQ do I own to my genes?
We seem to be drowning in a rising tide of anger and rancour. How can we disagree better?
Frequent exposure to hot and cold could make you lose weight and improve your sleep
Huge numbers of old electrical items are piling up in our homes - recycling them helps recover key materials
When scientists do risky research on viruses, who decides if it's too dangerous and how is it kept safe?
An immortal cell line finds itself at the centre of a new lawsuit, raising big ethical questions
If I have different colour eyes, will my children have different coloured eyes too?
The best tests for Covid-19, stress and going grey, and the impacts of junk food...
There’s a disturbing amount of anti-Semitic material on the social media, and hate postings in general are rife...