Sci-tech Seeing inside insects to mimic their movements and build better machines Better understanding how insects move in space and time could provide useful clues for industrial innovation. That is according to scientists at 11/06/2014
Sci-tech 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
USA Study of 12,000-year-old skeleton sheds light on origins of first Americans The discovery of a 12,000-year-old skeleton has helped clear up a problem that has long puzzled scientists – the origins of the first 16/05/2014
Sci-tech What will we discover when we switch the LHC back on? Opinion – Sarah Charley, Fermilab/CERN science writer Some of the greatest Explorers of our time spend their lives focused around a giant underground 13/05/2014
Sci-tech 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
Sci-tech Put on your thinking cap The old saying ‘get your thinking cap on’ may not be too far off the mark. Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, have found 10/04/2014
USA Could discovery of new planet mean we are a step closer to finding alien life? Scientists think they have found a habitable Earth-sized planet – opening up the possibility of finding alien life. Astronomer Thomas Barclay, from 25/03/2014
Sci-tech New blood test for schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a neuro-psychiatric disorder that affects about one percent of the global population. To date, the diagnosis of mental illnesses 19/02/2014
France Ancient fish was pivotal in evolution of face researchers find Let’s face it. It’s easy to take for granted that mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish – vertebrates just like people – have a face. But it 13/02/2014
World Creative thinking: taking an artistic approach to science We cross the bridge between arts and science in this edition of Learning World, as we explore the benefits of taking a creative approach to teaching 31/01/2014
World Prone to illness? Blame the Neanderthals It’s getting harder and harder to take umbrage if someone calls you a Neanderthal. According to two studies published on Wednesday, DNA from these 30/01/2014
World Stem cells produced without embryo in major scientific breakthrough A new era in biology may be beginning soon, as scientists have found a way to create embryonic-type stem cells without actual embryos but by 29/01/2014
Japan Infants do fake cry to get attention study shows Most parents believe that a baby’s cry is a distress call alerting them to a problem. But according to a new study conducted by Japanese researchers 20/01/2014
USA Aurora Borealis: cold comfort after 'polar vortex' in the US After experiencing the chillingly harsh realities of Arctic life with the Polar Vortex, Americans are in for a brush with a more benevolent freak of 09/01/2014
World What's God got to do with it?, asks Nobel Prize in Physics winner Following the discovery of the Higgs boson, this year’s Nobel prize for physics – as expected – went to the two men who first came up with the theory 09/12/2013
futuris Invisible at first sight How can we see the invisible? In highly unusual places, an army of small portable devices is already detecting what can’t be seen by the naked 25/11/2013