The first fossil hominins were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, just over half a century ...

Beyond spirited dinner party debate, establishing which creatures have consciousness matters in terms of animal welfare and ...

Melting ice sheets in North America played a far greater role in driving global sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age ...

Food waste is more than just the starting material for compost. From dried-up beet pulp to millipede-digested coconut fibers, ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge stockp ...

(via Dark Science) Why a bullet's lethality is all about velocity.

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine ...

Steve Mould gets to test a theory about how chains move in low gravity.

From Disney’s Scrooge McDuck and Cruella de Vil to DC Comics’ Lex Luthor to and Mr Burns in the Simpsons, there are plenty of ...

How much information can a human brain store? If we treat them like computers, one estimate is that they can hold 55 million ...

Grippers are one of the most intricate parts of a humanoid robot, packed with actuation and sensing; they need to be durable ...

An international team of scientists led by researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS), Imperial College ...