Unravelling the reasons why mass extinctions occur

Research could help to predict approaching ecological catastrophes.

What’s all the ‘excitement’ about flight?

Have you ever wondered how tirelessly the tiny fruit fly buzzes around your fruit bowl? This…

Protection for the ozone layer: Sugar molecules bind harmful CFCs

Researchers have managed to make a breakthrough when it comes to dealing with the extremely ozone-depleting…

What Anglo Saxon teeth can tell us about modern health

Evidence from the teeth of Anglo Saxon children could help identify modern children most at risk…

Towards animal-friendly machines

Semi-autonomous and autonomous machines and robots can become moral machines using annotated decision trees containing ethical…

Why leaf-eating Asian monkeys do not have a sweet tooth

Asian colobine monkeys are unable to taste natural sugars, and in fact have a generally poor…

How attention orchestrates groups of nerve cells to enrich the brain’s symphony

A new study on rhesus monkeys shows how our brain processes complex signals.

Short chromosome tips linked to lower physical function in the elderly

Elderly people with short telomeres -- the 'caps' at the ends of each chromosome -- are…

Short chromosome tips linked to lower physical function in the elderly

Elderly people with short telomeres -- the 'caps' at the ends of each chromosome -- are…

Mysterious ‘lunar swirls’ point to moon’s volcanic, magnetic past

The mystery behind lunar swirls, one of the solar system's most beautiful optical anomalies, may finally…