The Weirdest Senses Animals Have That You Don’t
Massive exoplanet’s close dance is making its star spin faster
Astronomers have discovered a massive planet on an orbit close enough to speed up the rotation of its star
Sonar to listen for moving icebergs near Arctic oil platforms
As the Arctic opens up to industrial activity a new sonar array could help avoid collisions with drift ice – but it may affect marine animals.
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