No, statistics don’t show that Brexit made England more depressed
It has been widely reported that antidepressants prescriptions rose more than usual after the UK referendum, but in fact their rate of increase slowed
Morphing brain DNA hints at a whole new way to treat Alzheimer’s
We've seen brain cells changing their DNA for the first time. The finding could help explain why many drugs for Alzheimer’s disease are ineffective
Can gravitational waves go through extra dimensions? Einstein says no
General relativity has survived its latest test after observations of a violent collision between neutron stars tallied perfectly with Einstein’s theory
Searching for Antarctica’s penguins, lost meteorites, and oldest ice
As winter approaches in the northern hemisphere, hundreds of scientists are heading to Antarctica to study the solar system’s past and predict Earth’s future
Car assembly is heavy work – this exoskeleton can boost your strength
Factory workers at Ford’s car assembly plants are using exoskeletons to help with their gruelling work. Leah Crane visited the factory to try one out
NASA has chosen the landing site for its life-hunting 2020 Mars rover
Jezero crater on Mars is thought to have once had a river flowing along its rim and could hold signs of ancient life
Silencing a gene may prevent deadly pre-eclampsia in pregnancy
Pre-eclampsia affects up to 10 per cent of pregnancies and can have serious complications. A single injection may one day be enough to lower blood pressure
Complex stone tools in China may re-write our species’ ancient history
A cache of sophisticated stone tools from a cave in China date back 170,000 years – perhaps a sign that our species arrived in East Asia earlier than we thought
Termites in Brazil have covered an area the size of Britain in mounds
A vast network of termite tunnels and 2.5-metre-tall mounds that covers 230,000 square kilometres may be the biggest engineered structure built by an insect
Kilogram to be defined by Planck constant instead of a lump of metal
Scientists from around the world have unanimously voted for a new definition of the kilogram – one based on fundamental constants instead of “Le Grand K”