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It’s a bug’s eye

Insects have a wide field of view and are acutely sensitive to motion. Their eyes are made up of thousands of light-sensing structures. Each…
22/05 13:16 CET
Flying with birds

In France, ornithologist Christian Moullec pilots his microlight, flying with a flock of birds. He has spent years training them to follow him…
20/05 13:41 CET
Is this the lost continent?

A group of Brazilian and Japanese scientists working on the South Atlantic seabed have found continental rocks that could be remains of the…
09/05 13:27 CET
Somalia receives super-jab

Abdul Wahab is just six months old so is unaware he has made history. He is one of the first children in Somalia to receive the pentavalent…
06/05 08:35 CET
Bringing Neuroscience into School

Imagine walking into a classroom where it looks as if the children are playing ‘hide-and-seek’. But actually, this is a…
30/04 13:11 CET
Heats, shoots, and leaves – Electricity from living plants

Plants could soon provide our electricity. In a small way they already…
29/04 13:08 CET
One-way ticket to life on Mars

This does not sound like the best job in the world: Fly to Mars and never come back. But a Dutch company, Mars One, has just launched an…
25/04 15:29 CET
Space debris problem piles up

Humans’ exploration of outer space has created thousands of fragments of rubbish, known as space debris. Around two thirds of catalogued…
24/04 15:44 CET