The first appearance of a wormhole in Star Trek was a typically pioneering reference to what was then a niche research topic.
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An MRI study zeroes in on the brain networks that underline collective appreciation of art.
The minicabs will include a ‘safety driver’, but as human skills turn from doing to watching, driving expertise can deteriorate.
Taylor Mill cut to the heart of issues in political thought such as patriarchy, socio-economic justice and freedom.
The centenaries of some of Iraq’s most influential archaeological discoveries invite reflection about the role of Iraqi scientists.
A breakthrough has helped researchers track down penguins living in the dark.
Some European cities have poor tree shade cover and this is ramping up heat for their citizens.
We should adapt AI to how extraverts and introverts think.
Officials are meeting in Geneva to negotiate urgent controls on autonomous weapons.
Some of the most impressive visual performances measured in a new study came from rarely studied, solitary species.
The fungus appears to feed on the airborne alcohol vapours produced during whiskey maturation.
The US astronomer battled discrimination in a male dominated field.
Burnham’s plan to tackle criminal fly-tipping gangs needs to go further.
Star Trek has endured because it repeatedly returns to a universal question: what does it mean to be human?
You might be surprised by how many researchers who went on to make important contributions considered whether animals could have telepathy.
A robot may resemble a person, but it does not experience sport in the way humans
do.
We treat tech overuse like drug addiction, but smartphones – like sugar – are everywhere, making complete avoidance unrealistic.
There is not only one way to learn to read, as people who are deaf, blind or dyslexic demonstrate.
Around 20% of adults procrastinate regularly. Yet a lot of what we hear about this common behaviour is wrong.
The development could allow research teams with limited resources to manufacture graphene.
AI could speed up some police work, but trusting it with evidence raises difficult questions about accuracy, accountability and justice.
Connected devices could expose more data than parents expect.
The 1986 science fiction thriller features everything from robotic exoskeletons to terraforming.
More northern Europeans are thinking about adding air conditioning. But there’s a lot to consider before making a decision.
Two Denisovan leg bones from Taiwan came from tall individuals. But we can’t generalise to a whole species just yet.