Science

A UK government-backed project – FluMap – aims to help understand how bird flu is evolving and finding its way...

In the past year there's been a lot of talk about the lack of trust in science and the need...

as the atoms of arithmetic, prime numbers have always occupied a special place on the number line. Now, Jared Duker...

That might seem like a large volume, but it's not. It's almost half of a liter, so that's half a...

If you are up early this month, you might see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn line up in the...

Computer simulations reveal the precise conditions when removing an orange from a display would cause a fruit avalanche Physics 19...

Consciousness is, for each of us, all there is: the world, the self, everything. But consciousness is also subjective and...

Increasing numbers of space launches will put more black carbon high in the atmosphere, where it can trap heat from...

The universe might meet its end in a big freeze, a big crunch, or a big rip. But whether time...

Physicists have long sought to marry general relativity and quantum mechanics – now some reckon experiments that probe the way...

The most advanced atomic clocks don’t just tell time – they could soon get so ludicrously accurate that they could...

Ditching artificial light and living by the natural cycle of the sun can offer plenty of benefits for your health....

To make sense of the fact that adaptation can happen quickly and yet true evolutionary change seems to take forever,...

Our species' unique awareness of our own mortality can create a nagging sense that we are wasting our time –...

Felt time can speed up and slow down, depending on circumstances, because our perception of duration is intrinsically linked to...

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more Humans 15 June 2022 Josie...