The Unknown Lab of Millennials Fast-Tracking NASA’s Missions
‘Monkey archaeology’ reveals macaque’s own Stone Age culture
One of the first digs searching for stone tools used by monkeys has unearthed evidence that promises to change the way we study the evolution of tool use
No, eating baby food is not a solution to the obesity epidemic
An extreme version of the faddish baby food diet is nutritionally risky and should be rejected, not glamorised, says Anthony Warner
Extreme cure for MS reboots immune system – but can be fatal
A radical treatment for multiple sclerosis has stopped the disease progressing in 70 per cent of those who have tried it, but one person in the trial died
A Power Plant in Iceland Has Turned Its CO2 Into Stone
CO2 injected deep underground turns to rock – and stays there
Carbon dioxide rapidly turns into solid carbonates when injected into basalt rocks. Done on a massive scale it could help limit climate change
Record number of ions get entangled together in a quantum trap
The ions could act as qubits in a quantum simulator to search for new properties of metals, or act as a quantum computer – if we can control them individually
Backyard Detectives Out-Spy the Spies Orbiting Above
Supernovae 2 million years ago may have changed human behaviour
Two nearby supernovae explosions may have increased cancer rates and changed the behaviour of early humans - but that's a pretty big may
Ancient enzyme resurrected from the ancestor of all bacteria
The reconstruction of an enzyme used by bacteria thought to have lived in a hot spring 3.4 billion years ago tells us they became complex earlier than thought