Teachers are scanning students’ brains to check they are concentrating
Thousands of school children in China have trialled a brain-scanning headband that lets teachers see if they stop paying attention in class
Brain-reading headsets trialled on 10,000 schoolchildren in China
Thousands of schoolchildren in China have trialled a brain-scanning headband that lets teachers see if they stop paying attention in class
Rich people’s gardens are better for bees and other pollinators
Gardens in wealthier areas have more pollinating insects, such as bees. This could be because gardens in richer areas tend to have a wider range of flowers
Wellness gurus’ health tips: which to adopt and which to ignore
The daily routines of four wellness obsessives profiled in The Times included some habits backed up by evidence - and some that definitely aren't
Weird star system has double binary stars and wonky planetary nursery
A planet-forming disc of dust and gas is orbiting a pair of binary stars at an odd angle, and a second set of binary stars circle the whole system to keep it in line
A child’s mix of gut bacteria may determine if they get allergies
Faecal transplants from healthy children prevent mice from developing allergies, and drugs could mimic this effect in humans
Dolphins unintentionally poisoning offspring with banned chemicals
Toxins called PCBs were banned in the 1980s, but they persist in the environment where they collect and concentrate in dolphin blubber – and in dolphin milk
A black hole the size of Jupiter is just wandering around the galaxy
Black holes are usually the mass of one star or the mass of millions, but we may have found one wandering through our galaxy that’s right in the middle
Bacteria live in China’s thick smogs and may be making it even worse
When air pollution is thick, bacteria proliferate and form microscopic particles in the air that may be exacerbating city smogs in China
Ovarian cancer AI can tell how aggressive a woman’s tumour is
Artificial intelligence can determine how dangerous an ovarian cancer is by analysing the shape of the tumour cells