Hummingbirds’ unique way of seeing prevents them from crashing
Dare-devil fliers that can hover, fly backwards and go at more than 50 kilometres per hour rarely crash – here’s why
Starving bald eagle chicks hint at ecosystem collapse in Florida
Florida Bay eagles feed their chicks much less food than birds in other regions, nest cameras reveal, suggesting the ecosystem doesn’t have enough of their prey
Russia engaged in ‘state-directed’ Olympic doping, finds probe
The results of a two-month investigation into Russia's tampering with samples will lead to further calls for the nation to be banned from the Rio Olympics
Obese grandfathers pass on their susceptibility to junk food
Having an obese grandfather can make mice more likely to develop diabetes and other weight-related disorders, an effect that may be down to sperm epigenetics
Hey Let’s Do the Physics of a Crazy Person Launching From a Huge Slingshot
You Say Rotifer, I Say Tiny Critter With a Buzzsaw for a Face
Thousands of fMRI brain studies in doubt due to software flaws
Historic software flaws could render thousands of fMRI studies inaccurate, but researchers failing to use the right statistical methods is a big problem too
These Physicists Want to Send Your DNA Into Space With Lasers
Einstein’s clock: The doomed black hole to set your watch by
Every 12 years, a black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy completes an orbit around an even bigger black hole, marking this with a violent outburst
SpaceX launches DNA sequencer and new docking port to the ISS
A Falcon 9 rocket has just blasted off NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, launching a Dragon capsule to the ISS before landing back on the ground