Come one, come all: the female orgasm
Philippa Skett explains the biology behind the Big O
Bouncing back: new research supports rebound sex
It’s official: the popular belief that people who have been dumped are more likely to have “rebound” sex is true, at least among students.
Waterjet printer set to make a splash
‘Disappearing ink’ generally conjures up images of spies and secret messages. Until now, attempts to create a disappearing ink have been expensive (and sometimes toxic), with the results appearing rather faint on the page. But researchers from China have come up with a solution that uses nothing but ‘Disappearing ink’
New catalyst removes excess atmospheric carbon
University of Delaware finds a new non-porous silver catalyst
First GM monkeys born in China
Chris Yates on the potential of the technique that made cute custom monkeys
Crystallography turns 100
James Bezer on the triumphs of one of the most influential scientific techniques
Shine bright like a vagina
Philippa Skett on the silver lining that is coming to a crotch near you
Do you want brains with that?
Anand Jagatia takes a look at prions, the bad behaving proteins
Ancient traces of water found on Mars
For a vehicle designed to last just 7 earth weeks, Opportunity has done remarkably well. Ten years to the day since the rover first landed on the surface of Mars, its new analysis of some of the oldest rocks ever found there show environments potentially suitable for life were aroun...
A trip down memory lane
Utsav Radia on why and when you stop remembering your early years
A grand genome: the new cost of genome sequencing
In 2003, the Human Genome Project was declared complete. At a cost of around $3 billion and taking 13 years, for the first time we had a sequence of around 99% of the human genome.
The epigenetic revolution
Keir Little on research that redefines our knowledge of inheritance