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Evolution, illustrated

Published: 1 February 2019

What do you get when you put together several tons of steel plates, hundreds of mice, a few evolutionary and molecular biologists and a tiny Nebraska town near the South Dakota border?...

When a city feels good, people take more risks

Published: 28 November 2018

What makes people take risks? Not stunt women or formula 1 drivers. Just ordinary people like you and me. Research published this week in PLOS ONE suggests that unexpected improvements in everyday...

Alterations to seabed raise fears for future

Published: 29 October 2018

The ocean floor as we know it is dissolving rapidly as a result of human activity.

Why heart contractions are weaker in those with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Published: 15 October 2018

When a young athlete suddenly dies of a heart attack, chances are high that they suffer from familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Itis the most common genetic heart disease in the US and...

Youth violence lower in countries with complete ban on corporal punishment

Published: 16 October 2018

A study published today in the BMJ Open shows that in countries where there is a complete ban on all corporal punishment of children there is less fighting among young people. There was 31% less...

Do we trust people who speak with an accent?

Published: 19 September 2018

You are in a strange neighbourhood, your cell phone’s dead, and you desperately need to find the closest garage. A couple of people on the street chime in, each sending you in opposite directions....

Sex in plants requires thrust

Published: 24 September 2018

Plant sex relies on a combination of prodding and a lot of communication and guidance suggests a study published in the September 2018 issue of Technology. Read more: /newsroom...

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