Though natural selection might have sculpted a well-adapted species on another planet, they wouldn't look like…
Would Aliens Look Like Us?
Though natural selection might have sculpted a well-adapted species on another planet, they wouldn't look like…
Women use gossip to compete for a man’s attention
Although both men and women gossip, women may be more likely to use gossiping and rumour-mongering…
Google to unveil new Pixel phones and other gadgets
A year to the day after first unveiling the Pixel smartphone, Google will launch the next…
New approach may hold the key to treating antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A new study published online in The FASEB Journal highlights the therapeutic potential of a simple…
Tungsten offers nano-interconnects a path of least resistance
As microchips become ever smaller and therefore faster, the shrinking size of their copper interconnects leads…
Nobel Chemistry laureate says first hurdle was fear of dark
Long before Jacques Dubochet embarked on the research that earned him a Nobel Chemistry Prize on…
Alphabet’s DeepMind forms ethics unit for artificial intelligence
DeepMind, the Google sibling focusing on artificial intelligence, has announced the launch of an "ethics and…
EU’s Vestager, Silicon Valley’s nemesis
When Silicon Valley's critics need a leader, they turn to Denmark's Margrethe Vestager, the EU's top…
Microscope trailblazers win chemistry Nobel for ‘freeze framing’ life
STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - A trio of Swiss, American and British scientists won the 2017 Nobel chemistry…