Recent research from Stanford University has shed light on a phenomenon: liquid water stored in pockets within solid ice. This discovery has important implications for predicting sea level rises under climate change – rises that will impact the lives of billions of people.
Would you kill one person to save five people? With the increasing popularity of self-driving cars, the famous ‘trolley problem’ has turned from a philosophical riddle into a real issue awaiting a solution.
While all-you-can-eat buffets always sound like a great idea, our bad choices can quickly turn them into much-more-than-you-can-eat sources of stomach aches and guilt. How do we choose between a juicy burger and mouth-watering lasagne? How do we figure out how much of this tempting apple pie is enough? Neuroscientists
“…I know they seem a little narcissistic, but they’re actually a really good person...” – maybe not, states recent research from the University of Copenhagen, which identifies a common denominator across many malevolent human behaviours: a dark core.
Baeless, faved and yaas – if you use Twitter, you will have already seen some of these newly created words. But where do they come from?
A quick tour of who’s who and what’s what in this year’s greatest scientific achievements
James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo’s research may save many lives
I lied to myself again: “I will just have one more,” as I engulfed the whole bag of crisps. Interestingly, this gluttonous behaviour can be explained by science, so we are not to be blamed entirely. In the brain, there are two main types of neurones that impact our appetite
On Saturday the 15th of September, NASA launched their newest laser, the ICESat-2, which stands for “Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite”. In orbit 500 km above our heads, the satellite’s main mission is to measure the alarming evolution of ice melting in the poles. Since 2009 and the
Recent research from the University of York gives an insight into the night-time pollination activities of moths. A pollination service that may be of great ecological importance, which has been overlooked, until now.
Science writer Paulina Rowinska delves into the unpredictable world of prime numbers and describes why an explanation for their occurence would be such an important breakthrough in mathematics.
Summer is officially over and, temporarily, we don’t need our summer bodies. However, losing weight is not just about looking nice on sandy beaches; obesity is one of the key risk factors that causes cardiovascular disease and other chronic diseases. Obesity is a multi-facet condition: genetics, activity level and