A better brain is not about size. Social insects with ‘tiny’ brains can perform complex tasks such as counting
The Planetary Society is soon hoping to demonstrate the possibility of using sails to propel spacecrafts
Conspiracy theorists are running riot, as scientists field questions on the end of the world...
Babies start processing speech patterns in the womb and this is reflected in a newborn’s cry
A race that has taken 7 billion years rules out many theories predicting a graininess to space
Research is showing that sex confers significant evolutionary advantages on species.
A meteorite 40 km in diameter that struck off the west coast of India may have doomed the dinosaurs.
This year’s Nobel in Chemistry ends a quest that began with the discovery of the DNA Double Helix
Social cooperation may explain why spotted hyenas can even outperform chimps at some complex tasks