Some spiders produce milk – and it’s more nutritious than cow’s milk
One species of spider seems to have worked out how to recycle unused eggs into a milk that contains four times the protein of cow’s milk
Epic history of light reveals the universe peaked 10 billion years ago
A gamma ray telescope has revealed that the rate of star formation across the Universe peaked 10 billion years ago and has been going downhill ever since
Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa
We thought the first Homo species evolved in East Africa 2.8 million years ago, but stone tools from Algeria suggest our origins may have spanned the continent
Prehistoric whales used to simply suck their food out of the ocean
A 33-million-year-old-fossil suggests some whales evolved baleens for filter feeding only after losing their teeth, so they must have sucked food from the water
‘Scientists are now very sure that the babies really were gene-edited’
He Jiankui has now presented his controversial work at a gene editing summit in Hong Kong. CRISPR expert Helen O’Neill of University College London was there
Gene therapy eases Parkinson’s symptoms by rewiring parts of the brain
A gene therapy treatment for Parkinson's blocks faulty brain circuits. This seems to help create alternate neural pathways for movement and eases symptoms
Miniature placentas grown in lab give positive pregnancy test result
Researchers hope that tiny placentas grown from human cells can help research into why pregnancies sometimes lead to stillbirths or small babies
Making AI research classified will harm US science
The US is mulling controls on the sharing of AI, but science can't grow in isolation, says Mark Riedl
Green Christmas: How to have an ethical and guilt-free festive season
If you celebrate Christmas, it doesn't have to be a feast of rampant consumerism and devastating gluttony. Read our guide to cleaning up your Yule
Putting a price on CO is a smokescreen that hides its human cost
Slashing the social cost of carbon emissions reveals the economic charade delaying real action on climate change, says Kevin Anderson