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Category: Science
Highly processed junk food consumption is rising among ...
US adults are eating more highly processed junk food now than they were 20 years ago, with the trend particularly clear among thos...
Can long covid clinics in England cope if cases rise th...
The care situation for long covid patients in England is improving, but a winter spike in cases will put the country’s 89 speciali...
Weird shape-shifting clouds of dust seem to be orbiting...
The light from a distant star appears to be orbited by something that is continually changing shape and size, possibly clouds of d...
Venomous viper species from the Tibetan plateau discove...
A DNA analysis of museum snake specimens has revealed two previously unrecognised species of Asian pit viper, both from the easter...
Snakes started eating birds and mammals after dinosaurs...
Snakes typically ate insects before the mass extinction event that wiped out the non-bird dinosaurs, but then they broadened diets...
US military may get a dog-like robot armed with a snipe...
A four-legged robot made by Ghost Robotics and outfitted with a sniper rifle and night-vision cameras was displayed at a meeting o...
Women have been under-represented in stroke therapy tri...
For decades, clinical trials to test stroke treatments haven't included enough women – a disparity that could be hampering efforts...
Artificial insect-inspired ‘brain’ can guide robotic do...
UK start-up Opteran Technologies has demonstrated a system that can guide a robot through a maze using far less energy and weight ...
Venus’s surface may have never been cool enough for oce...
The surface of Venus may have remained extremely hot since its formation, meaning that water in the atmosphere never had a chance ...
Jupiter-like planet survived the death of its star with...
Astronomers have spotted a Jupiter-like planet in its original orbit around a white dwarf for the first time
Australia's unusual western swamp turtle is an oddity u...
The first analysis of species that have evolved in isolation for millions of years has found that many – including Australia’s wes...
Bubbles in blood open the brain for world-first cancer ...
The blood-brain barrier prevents drugs from entering the brain, but now doctors have bypassed it to treat four women with cancer f...