Science

A robot that uses its spiked feet to cling to the mucus-covered lining of the gut could one day climb...

A crossword-solving AI has beaten more than a thousand of the best human solvers at the prestigious American Crossword Puzzle...

By Clare Wilson GAP Photos/Jonathan Buckley ANYONE who is just starting to grow their own vegetables might want to consider...

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more 18 May 2022 Josie Ford...

With an enormous sperm whale to feast on, Svalbard polar bears gain access to more than just the bear necessities...

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more Humans 25 May 2022 Josie...

Who were the Anglo-Saxons? Biological anthropologist Alice Roberts's informed, sophisticated new take digs deep to re-examine their true origins Humans...

Some scientists insist that the cause of all things exists at the most fundamental level, even in systems as complex...

Silicon Valley media entrepreneurs might talk about free speech, but it is a fallacy that we should be able to...

Your kitchen sponge is teeming with microbes. But repeated contact with food waste is not the only reason; a sponge’s...

Research supports what Darwin said in 1872 – dogs express emotions in a way recognisable to humans. Governments must do...

While the current monkeypox outbreak will be the first time many have heard of the disease, the virus is thought...

Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 lowers the risk of long COVID after infection by only about 15%, according to a study of...

Flashes of gamma radiation that seem to be produced by lightning storms have puzzled researchers for some time, but now...

U.S. carbon dioxide emissions rose by 4 percent in the first quarter, as American drivers hit the road in record...

Imagen, from Google, is the latest example of an AI seemingly able to produce high-quality images from a text prompt...