Science

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 ...

A writer explains what PFAS are and the potential future threat they pose ...

Behavioural scientists expand the cat literature by investigating how the nature of feline interactions can be determine from easily identifiable behaviours ...

Scientists are going back to our oldest cures in the battle against increasing antibiotic resistance...

Welsh island internationally recognised as Europe's first dark sky sanctuary ...

A writer reports on the appointment of the UK's first female chief scientific officer and what this means for women in STEM...

From breaking complex encryption to simulating the behaviour of complex molecules, the possibilities of this emerging technology are endless....

As that well known saying goes "If it looks like a willy, then it probably is a willy"... But what's the purpose of this particular penis from Northumberland?...

A writer sums up a new governmental scheme to support women in STEM careers...

A writer shares the science behind the likely-hood of the hit show The Last Of Us becoming a reality...

Is Science Being Silenced? ...

Male giraffes have a highly unusual way of determining, or should that be tasting, when female giraffes are ready to mate...

Satellite data reveals sea ice around Antarctica has reached the lowest coverage on record since the 1970's...

After a long, hard day of studying every student will relate to this......

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have solved the mystery of how fingerprints form, and it's all to do with a mathematical theory...

Widely associated with bats and dolphins, echolocation can actually be learnt by humans...

Today plastic pollution in the world's oceans is a widely recognised issue, yet back in 1971 marine biologist Edward Carpenter was unable to get the scientific community to take head of his findings...

Noun: 'bird-brain' - a silly or stupid person. Bird brain has been used as an insult since at least 1910, but due to recent findings – bird brain is more likely a compliment. Recent studies hav...