A new fossil has reminded us that the real velociraptors were a world away from the huge scaly lizards seen in Juarssic World.
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Only time will tell whether the nation’s anti-trolling toolbox will prove effective, but what matters is the way they went about it.
What can the data from New Horizons tell us about the dwarf planet’s five moons?
Lack of impact craters intrigues space experts who say it suggests the dwarf planet may be geologically active.
The latest data from the particle accelerator that found the Higgs Boson has confirmed another of our theories about how the universe works.
We think that more information means better decisions, but really it means we struggle to make decisions at all.
Everything in space is so far away, but probes bring us closer.
Exactly half a century ago the US Mariner 4 made the first flyby of Mars. But why are we still doing flybys today?
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is nearly two decades old. Is that a problem?
Volunteers and unpaid labour make up much of the web – companies disrespect them at their peril.
Privacy advocate broadsided any deserving criticism, including his employers.
A new hopping robot shows how unusual 3D printed structures could pave the way for machines that better mimic living creatures.
We may have to rewrite physics textbooks after a material that can act both like a conductor and an insulator simultaneously has been discovered.
Mountains? Pah. 60kph sprints and 220km stages? They’re nothing. The thing most troubling the teas battling for the yellow jersey is this time trial.
Meet the supermassive black hole that defied the model.
The divide between ‘legal’ and illegal hacking is very, very thin.
It’s official: giant pandas are cool.
When people say ‘say it flowers’, you can bet they’re not talking about titan arum.
Micro:bit has a parallel in the Model B, which the BBC launched in the 1980s.
New research suggests if 3D films make you dizzy it’s probably all in your mind.
The chaos of 7/7 meant even many of the emergency services couldn’t use their phone. But 4G should change that.
Shouldn’t we make aircraft engines quieter? It turns out they’re the quietest they’ve ever been
Would you want to know how long you’ve got left to live? Scientists are getting closer to estimating it.
Scientists have discovered why strawberries often don’t taste as good as they used to - and what can be done about it.
Will the best ever images of Pluto reveal something that presents a case for planethood?