Juno has flown closer to the solar system’s most famous storm than any other spacecraft to take the most detailed images to date. They may help scientists reveal some of the spot’s best-kept secrets.
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Our research shows we keep going back to social media even when it infuriates us.
Machines alone will never be able to put the meaning to words in translation
Operating the two spacecraft that make up BebpiColombo will be harder than rocket science, says a member of its science team.
Archaeologists believed there was too little left from the time of the saint who Christianised the Scottish Picts to prove the legend. Turns out they were wrong.
Expressing music into mathematical formulae can help us understand why some pieces and performances can send shivers down your spine.
Scientists turn detective to find out what happened to the last specimens of an extinct bird.
Robots should be empowered to pick the action that most helps humans.
Neuroscientists have struggled to explain whether certain types of memory involve distinct parts of the brain. Now a study suggests it’s mainly down to pathways in the brain’s white matter.
Bitcoin’s central appeal of anonymous, irreversible transactions could become its biggest weakness.
Many scientists say there’s no purpose to life – but a theoretical study suggests there could be.
Snail shells appear to be part of the creatures’ immune system.
One year on from the launch of Pokémon Go, its mainstream decline has left behind a thriving scene.
You can tell quite a lot about whether your favourite player might win or lose from the primal noises they make.
A freedom of information request reveals that Google wants its AI company DeepMind to get involved in the 100,000 Genomes Project.
Why do one big experiment when you can do millions of tiny ones?
Humans tend to associate cats purring with happiness, but in turns out they also purr when in pain, hungry and alone.
Working with an embedded artist for a year helped one physicist realise that art and science share a lot of common ground
Studying mysterious neutron stars could uncover the secrets of exotic physics – and a way to navigate the stars.
Are we in the middle of a mass extinction caused by Homo sapiens? Past events can help us to understand the current crisis.
Outlawing evolution in schools is based on creationist misconceptions – here’s how to counter them
Apple’s design decisions don’t please everyone, but in the iPhone the company created something truly revolutionary that has lasted.
If Facebook already knows how you feel from reading what you post, soon it will know from reading the expressions on your face.
The things they’ll do for love …
If AI research is only about profit, we should all be afraid … very afraid.