Can fish skin help treat burns?

Doctors in Brazil are experimenting with a new treatment for burns by using fish skin.

Juno probe peers below Jupiter’s clouds

Scientists say the Solar System's biggest planet is showing itself to be far more complex than…

New Zealand space launch is first from a private site

The first ever launch from New Zealand is a step towards making it cheaper to get…

Endangered turtle set free in Florida

Antibiotics and vitamins helped the injured loggerhead sea turtle back to health in Marathon, in the…

Schiaparelli: Crashed lander was ill-prepared for Mars

The crashed European spacecraft Schiaparelli was ill-prepared for its attempt at landing on the surface of…

Flamingo balancing act saves energy

Flamingos expend less energy standing on one leg than in a two-legged stance, scientists confirm.

Herd knowledge

As a warming climate threatens traditional food supplies in the Arctic, one rural Alaskan village is…

The DNA detective

A man abandoned as a baby 61 years ago traced his family using a DNA detective.…

Frozen ‘space sperm’ passes fertility test

Viable mouse sperm stored in space gives hope for sperm banks on the Moon, a Japanese…

Lean-burn physiology gives Sherpas peak-performance

Nepalese mountain guides have a physiology that uses oxygen more efficiently lowlanders.