The phenological fallacy
Christopher Nichols on why the first cuckoo of spring doesn’t necessarily tell us much
How leaping lizards use their tails
Research from the 60s vindicated by new developments
How we find faces
Our face is one of the main things that identifies us as an individual.
The brain is king
Marie-Laure Hicks on how marketing companies are trying to tap into your brain
The next ice age may be late
Carys Cook on how human activity may cause a delay in the next ice age
Apathy leads to better group decisions
Luke Sheldon on how sometimes not being strongly opinionated yields a better group consensus
Have you seen my time cloak?
Pavitar Devgon explores how this object that currently only exists in the world of sci-fi could soon become reality
It’s raining methane
Planetary scientists come up with weather system model for one of Saturn's moons
Leap second announced
IERS to apply this to resolve inaccuracies in timekeeping
LHC finds its first new particle
Chi_b particle helps researchers better understand the nuclear strong force
Plans to digitise Newton's handwritten Principia going ahead
Cambridge University commences initiative to digitise original scientific papers
A brave new molecular world
The president of the RSC takes to the floor for the Friends of Imperial College