THE DODO could be brought back to life hundreds of years after going extinct thanks to a DNA breakthrough. Scientists have managed to sequence the entire genome of the flightless bird for the first … [+2487 chars]
A new kind of fibre material is able to detect a heartbeat, handclaps or even faint sounds, unlocking a new avenue for wearable technology that can be worked into clothing. This development comes fr… [+3809 chars]
The 2021 wildfire season broke records globally, leaving land charred from California to Siberia. The risk of fire is growing, and a report published by the UN last month warned that wildfires are on… [+3937 chars]
From anxiety to depression, loneliness is known to have a range of unpleasant symptoms in humans. And now a new study has shown that loneliness is just as problematic for elephants, who show more si… [+4885 chars]
Astronomers searching for our solar system's elusive Planet Nine — a theoretical world that may lurk deep in a cloud of icy rocks far beyond the orbit of Neptune — have come up short once again. In … [+2895 chars]
Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter Image source, NASA/Aubrey Gemignani The American space agency has rolled out its new giant Moon rocket for the first time. The vehicle, known a… [+3424 chars]
Researchers led by the University of Bristol show that the earliest jaws in the fossil record were caught in a trade-off between maximising their strength and their speed.Almost all vertebrates are j… [+2942 chars]
Artificial intelligence has already enabled humans to chat with robots like Alexa and Siri that were inspired by science fiction. Some of its newest creations take a page from a hero of childrens lit… [+512 chars]
The CMS, or Compact Muon Solenoid, experiment is a particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator. The LHC, which is operated by the European Organiz… [+6492 chars]
Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago via accretion. Earth’s building blocks were chunks of rock of varying sizes. From dust to planetesimals and everything in between. Many of those chunks of rock… [+8831 chars]
The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be put to the test this month as it begins a record-breaking series of sprints to its next sampling location. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is trying to c… [+6906 chars]
A potential cornucopia of neuroactive compounds, which might yield clues to the design of future psychiatric and neurological drugs, has become more accessible to synthetic chemists, thanks to new wo… [+3243 chars]
