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Nimble and cheap commercial science could be the way to get more eyes in the sky.
A new study of the first ever snake fossil with legs suggests that snakes evolved on land rather than in the ocean, as previously thought.
You might think gamers are a closed, antagonistic and predominantly male-centred group. Fortunately, the reverse is often true.
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background, which is the radiation left over from the birth of the universe.
New evidence shows going back to a problem after sleeping gives your brain a chance to process the information it needs to solve it.
A new exoplanet has been discovered that is a lot like Earth.
The competitors of the robot world cup are creeping closer to the goal of a robotic team that can beat the best human players.
Drive-by car hack suggests auto manufacturers seem unprepared for the security risks unleashed from internet-connected cars.
Space scientists have a busy decade ahead with plans to visit Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and other interplanetary bodies all on the cards.
Simple mathematics suggests that if there are aliens out there, they should have reached us by now. So is it really worthwhile trying to communicate with them?
The $100m project to search for aliens will help save observatories from closure and could lead to new astrophysical discoveries.
The death of the Brazilian electrician at the hands of the Metropolitan Police was a notorious case of mistaken identity. The same thing would probably happen today.
Human cooperation is the cornerstone of any society. We looked at teamwork in an indigenous minority group in Scandinavia, whose lifestyle is under threat.
Will the thaw in Cuba’s diplomatic relations improve its creaking internet? Cubans hope so.
Why the Breakthrough Listen project is a step in the right direction in our hunt for life beyond Earth.
When hackers take down companies in response to their actions, security chiefs need to know what the CEO is saying in public.
Music is good for the brain – and we’re now discovering how it helps our cognition.
Researchers have created a star-forming cloud in the laboratory to try to recreate the first-ever biological molecule. The study could explain why such molecules are left-handed.
There has been mounting excitement in recent years around the potential for improving treatments by giving people medicines at the right time of day. Turns out it works for fish too.
Government could be forced to repeal DRIPA surveillance legislation after court ruling.
Political tensions between Russia and the USA along with new players in the space industry could change the future of space collaboration.
As big browsers and sites like YouTube drop support, are our Flash days numbered?
The recent discovery of 50-million-year-old sperm is just the latest in a long line of amazingly bizarre paleontological finds.
Sometimes it is what software you’ve got, and what you do with it too.