world news Prehistoric humans may have practiced brain surgery on animals New analysis published Thursday of a 5000-year-old cow skull with holes drilled into it suggest Neolithic people practiced brain surgery on animals before trying it on humans. 20/04/2018
United Kingdom Can ewe believe it? Sheep ‘can recognise human faces’ Researchers claim they trained the animals to ‘identify’ the faces of celebrities. 08/11/2017
no comment Surfing dogs hit the waves in California Dozens of dogs flocked to Surf City, California on Saturday (September 24) to hang 20. The annual Surf City Surf Dog competition brought dogs and 24/09/2017
USA Ig Nobel prize for liquid cat research Ig Nobel spoof awards have been held in the US recognising 15/09/2017
Japan A cut above? Chimpanzees understand how to play rock-paper-scissors Chimpanzees can understand how to play rock-paper-scissors, Japanese primatologists have claimed. Footage released by Kyoto University in Japan 16/08/2017
no comment IVF hopes for northern white rhino Scientists at a British zoo use IVF techniques to help save the northern white rhino. 21/07/2017
France Where Eagles Dare: France trains birds to bring down drones The French Air Force is training baby eagles to bring down remote-controlled drones that have strayed into restricted airspace. 16/02/2017
USA Monkey trial raises hopes of new male contraceptive gel After a successful trial on monkeys, a gel called Vasalgel is raising hopes that men will have another option when it comes to contraceptives. 07/02/2017
USA Researchers create first viable human-animal hybrid embryo Scientists have created the first human-animal hybrids in a major breakthrough which could address a critical shortage of donor organs. A team of 28/01/2017
futuris Replacing animal testing with cultured human cells Animal testing raises sometimes violently passionate debate and opposition, but for medical research surely it is sadly unavoidable? Perhaps not for much longer if European scientists' research bears 10/10/2016
futuris How I learned to stop worrying about snakes and love the venom Extremely venomous animals like snakes have long been feared and exterminated. What you are about to see in this report is that the same venom that 18/01/2016
Japan Japan's whaling fleet sets sail despite UN condemnation Japan’s whaling fleet has set sail for the Antarctic on a three-month voyage, which the Japanese government claims is in the name of scientific 01/12/2015
brussels bureau MEPs seek to ban cloning of farm animals MEPs have called for a permanent ban on the cloning of all farm animals, setting them on a potential collision course with EU governments. They voted 08/09/2015
u talk Food from animal clones: what European citizens need to know Concerns about food products from cloned animals are preoccupying Emma from Lyon, who asks: “In Europe are we eating meat or milk from cloned 03/07/2015
Denmark Bunny beaten to death live on Danish radio His name was Alan and he was beaten to death live on the radio. In a live broadcast, hosts of a Danish radio station killed a baby rabbit by 26/05/2015
futuris Spray the rats away - better ways to rid us of rodents Rats damage crops, buildings and infrastructure, costing billions of euros every year. They also carry more than 60 diseases that threaten humans and 14/07/2014
science Why octopuses don't get into a tangle Unlike humans, octopuses don’t have a constant awareness of their arms’ locations. Their walnut-sized brain simply cannot keep track of what their 09/06/2014
science Aliens of the sea In the Florida Keys in the US researchers are looking for comb jellies. They call them ‘aliens of the sea’ and they are remarkable for being able to 30/04/2014
Back in the Day Back in the Day: Dolly, the first cloned mammal July 5, 1996 The first ever cloned mammal is born at a lab near Edinburgh in Scotland. Named Dolly, she was conceived by a method known as ‘somatic 05/07/2013
