Science

The Wallace's Flying Frog has a particularly gross camouflage to ward off predators: by mimicking bird droppings! The Rhacophorus Nigropalmatus, known as the Wallace’s Flying Frog, resides in South-...

The County Durham outlet mall Dalton Park has recently unveiled a new sustainability mascot. Dale the Whale, a colourful sculpture made up of 745 recycled plastic water bottles, will serve as a remind...

The Courier’s Head of Online Anthony Welsh explores a Soviet scientist who may have been ahead of his time…...

Laika the Dog was subjected to the Sputnik II rocket launch in The Soviet Union, making her one of the first animals to be sent to space over six decades ago. The Sputnik programme was a Space technol...

This famous thought experiment has inspired a myriad of mathematical and philosophical discussion since its conception in the 1960s Lets imagine there’s a supercomputer that can predict the future, ...

A new study, published in Nature Communications, reveals that the humble earthworm contributes around 6.5% of the world’s grain output. To put things into perspective, the worldwide production of co...

3-D Printing has enabled the unearthing of new knowledge surrounding Aztec tribes, allowing for recreations of ceremonial and religous instruments like the dreaded 'death whistle'. In the 1990s, archa...

Space exploration and the search for life is an important part of progressing human knowledge and helps address some of the fundamental questions about our place in the universe, where we came from an...

Anthony Welsh tells us all about mole day and where it first started. ...

Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in the UK, but a major reason for this is late detection- over 60% of Lung cancers are diagnosed at stage 3 or 4. Luckily, with a little help from AI, there is...

Children from as young as 12 may soon be able to access Semaglutide, a weight-loss medication which helps reduce a patient’s appetite, but concerns have been raised around its effectiveness and safe...

Not to be confused with the feeling of being hungover after a night out at Rusty’s - that would be abysmal. ...

A write introduces the 'Parastronaut Feasibility Project, and the former British Paralympic medallist selected for the exclusive program...

Not your typical scientific word; however, it is definitely scientific! Phonology is a branch of linguistics that deals with the sounds we make. There are many layers to a language, some of these incl...

A new study reveals the surprising sleep schedules of marine mammals...

Leonardo da Vinci, a multi-faceted genius who was ahead of his time...

Leo David Prajogo explores why failure to consider the knowledge of local communities, alongside cultural, spiritual and social values, may undermine both human rights and the success of conservation ...

"Sweet dreams are made of this, Who am I to disagree" - Eurythmics...