2019 Preview: 30 cold cases to be solved using DNA ancestry websites

Arrests will finally be made in connection to dozens of decades-old murder and rape cases, as…

NASA probe will hurtle past the most distant object we’ve ever visited

In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft whizzed past Pluto. Now it is about to arrive at…

NASA probe will hurtle past the most distant object we’ve ever visited

In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft whizzed past Pluto. Now it is about to arrive at…

Why do wombats poo cubes and turkeys spirals? One woman is finding out

Engineer Patricia Yang won an IgNobel prize for flushing out a universal law of animal urination.…

Christmas story: Unauthorized Bread by Cory Doctorow

In our exclusive extract, dripping with human kindness (well, butter) our heroine Salima receives her daily…

2019 Preview: Renewable energy race to ramp up as oil use skyrockets

As global demand for energy grows, we will need to switch to renewables even faster to…

Gel made from birch bark reduces skin scarring from cuts and burns

A dressing made from birch bark – which has long been used in traditional medicine to…

Gel made from birch bark reduces skin scarring from cuts and burns

A dressing made from birch bark – which has long been used in traditional medicine to…

Hominin v monkey deathmatch ended in a draw when they fell down a hole

Fossils suggest that a 3.6-million-year-old early human ancestor called "Little Foot" may have died in a…

Seeking the perfect cocktail? Let science be your bartender

Your fizz lost its fizz and your sling its swing? Using network theory and a dash…