Quirks and Quarks

Have you ever wondered how particle accelerators work? Or what microwaves really do to foo... more

Energy with a grain of salt Researchers have developed a new sodium metal powered fuel cel... more

Mutant super-powers give Korean sea women diving abilities The Haenyeo, or sea women, of t... more

Chimpanzees lay down mad beats to communicate Apart from their rich vocal palette, chimpan... more

Chimpanzees use medicinal plants for first aid and hygiene Researchers have observed wild ... more

The beginnings of our end — where the anus came from Our distant evolutionary ancestors ha... more

The ‘bone collector’ caterpillar covers itself with body parts It’s like something from a ... more

All the colours of the rainbow, plus one Researchers have fired lasers directly into the e... more

How a helpless baby bird protects itself from hungry hunters There’s not a more vulnerable... more

A tree has evolved to attract lightning strikes — to eliminate the competition Scientists ... more

An attractive new strategy for brain surgery A Canadian team is developing minimally-invas... more

One whale’s waste is an ocean organism’s treasure The nutrients in the ocean are not evenl... more

Is our universe inside a black hole? New evidence from JWST galaxy images New images from ... more

Watching polar bear mums and cubs emerge from their winter dens Polar Bear mothers spend t... more

Big birds with bitty brains are still kind of bright We’ve learned a lot about the remarka... more

Scientists are recruiting elephant seals to learn more about the oceans’ twilight zone Bel... more

As soon as the last ice age glaciers melted, Indigenous people occupied this site A recent... more

A little bit of scratching can do some good, but too much can hurt Scratching an itch can ... more

Bits of Bennu have building blocks of life NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission took six years to tra... more

Reintroducing Hawaii’s sacred crow to the wild The world’s most endangered crow, the Hawai... more

Ancient human ancestors didn’t eat meat, and so couldn’t build big brains One of the main ... more

Was Rome’s fall due to heavy metal poisoning making Romans dumber? Ice cores that preserve... more

Genevieve Willis from London, Ontario asks: Is there any evidence to suggest that “getting... more

Some optimistic and positive science news to end the year. For rats, anticipation of a ple... more

How ancient artifacts emerge from melting ice As Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets melt due ... more