The largest and most ambitious Martian drone yet could carry kilograms of scientific equipment over great distances and set itself down on the Red Planet unassisted ​The largest and most ambitious Martian drone yet could carry kilograms of scientific equipment over great distances and set itself down on the Red Planet unassisted The largest and most …

NASA is developing a Mars helicopter that could land itself from orbit Read More »

The Sverris saga describes how castle invaders “took a dead man and cast him unto the well, and then filled it up with stones”, in what may have been an early act of biological warfare – and now researchers believe they have found the skeleton of the man in question ​The Sverris saga describes how …

DNA helps match ‘Well Man’ skeleton to 800-year-old Norwegian saga Read More »

The Sverris saga describes how castle invaders “took a dead man and cast him unto the well, and then filled it up with stones”, in what may have been an early act of biological warfare – and now researchers believe they have found the skeleton of the man in question ​The Sverris saga describes how …

DNA helps match ‘Well Man’ skeleton to 800-year-old Norwegian saga Read More »

Weaving tales of magical fruit and vegetables into your children’s stories may encourage them to eat healthy snacks ​Weaving tales of magical fruit and vegetables into your children’s stories may encourage them to eat healthy snacks Weaving tales of magical fruit and vegetables into your children’s stories may encourage them to eat healthy snacks 

The recent surge in warming led to fears that climate change may be accelerating beyond model projections, but a fall in how much heat Earth is gaining makes this less likely ​The recent surge in warming led to fears that climate change may be accelerating beyond model projections, but a fall in how much heat …

Earth is now gaining less heat than it has for several years Read More »

A lithium-ion battery made from three droplets of hydrogel is the smallest soft battery of its kind – and it could be used in biocompatible and biodegradable implants ​A lithium-ion battery made from three droplets of hydrogel is the smallest soft battery of its kind – and it could be used in biocompatible and biodegradable …

Tiny battery made from silk hydrogel can run a mouse pacemaker Read More »

In the western US, the average maximum growth rate of fires has more than doubled over the past two decades ​In the western US, the average maximum growth rate of fires has more than doubled over the past two decades In the western US, the average maximum growth rate of fires has more than doubled over …

Some wildfires are growing twice as fast as they did two decades ago Read More »

Rival tribes of bacteria armed with poison darts are fighting it out in your gut, with armies of traitors often winning the day ​Rival tribes of bacteria armed with poison darts are fighting it out in your gut, with armies of traitors often winning the day Rival tribes of bacteria armed with poison darts are fighting …

Your gut bacteria are at war – and force their enemies to switch sides Read More »

Complex carbon-based molecules crucial to life on Earth originated somewhere in space, but we didn’t know where. Now, huge amounts of them have been spotted in a huge, cold cloud of gas ​Complex carbon-based molecules crucial to life on Earth originated somewhere in space, but we didn’t know where. Now, huge amounts of them have …

Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time Read More »