Music, memories and emotions are all linked and certain songs can act as a direct line to our past.
AI was mentioned several times in the spring budget, but the science that might deliver the next generation of technologies was mostly absent.
Physics makes a lot of assumptions about time that may be getting in the way of understanding the fourth dimension.
It’s endearing to think of these glamorous pink birds finding the friendship group they fit into. But navigating flamingo social lives can help with conservation too.
Signalling theory tells us lots about the way paid-for verification has disrupted the blue tick system.
We can trace our human evolutionary lineage back to fish.
Psychologists have found people have different conflict management styles, from “sharks” to “owls”.
Do you get scared if you feel your heart speed up?
We often assume misinformation leads to bad beliefs which lead to antisocial behaviour. But there’s so far little evidence for this.
Your cat may not be as excited about a new arrival as you are. Gradual and controlled introductions will help your cat take to an unfamiliar animal.
If we accepted that the future could influence the past, we could get rid of many counter-intuitive aspects of quantum mechanics.
As well as the joy that comes with swimming, there can also be some dirty risks.
The good news is that we can all improve our happiness levels with daily practice.
🎧 Listen to the trailer for Great Mysteries of Physics, a new podcast.
People expect to brave brutally cold landscapes if they want to catch sight of the aurora borealis. So people were stunned to see the ethereal light display as far south as Cornwall.
Several studies have upended what we thought we knew about mummification using scientific dating techniques to reveal some fascinating – and surprising – insights.
AI and 3D printing could transform the way we make things, but many companies have been slow to take advantage.
Some people have subtitles synaesthesia’ which means they see all speech appear as writing in their mind. And they only realised not everyone thinks this way when they saw a research study ad.
Mary Anning, Thomas Bopp and Ben Bacon are just a few of the nonprofessionals who pushed the frontiers of science.
Trials in US cities of self-driving taxis could have implications for road users around the world.
