DNA study sheds new light on the people of the Neolithic Battle Axe Culture

In an interdisciplinary study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, an international research team…

Fake news: emotions and experiences, not more data, could be the antidote

At a time when public debate around the world is suffering from a collision between facts…

10,000 types of plant outgrowths bundled

For nine years he worked on the three-volume standard work Plant Galls of Europe. It yielded…

Grim projections for the ocean—and the life within it

The chain of causation that connects rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to the…

Kangaroos and other herbivores are eating away at national parks across Australia

Protected land, including national parks, are a cornerstone of conservation. Once an area is legally protected,…

Talking Space with the next generation in Europe

Watch the replay of our European Space Talk held on 8 October 2019 at the HEC…

These microbes 'eat' electrons for energy

The human body is populated by a greater number of microbes than its own cells. These…

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019: Lithium-ion batteries

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 is being awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham,…

Northern California braced for mega power cut

In a bid to stop wildfires, San Francisco Bay Area residents could be denied power for…

Ten years after 'suicide' mission, NASA thirsts for lunar water

A decade after NASA sent a rocket crashing into the moon’s south pole, spewing a plume…