Dust-sized sensors might one day monitor brain nerves. No batteries required
Dust-sized sensors might one day sit on the forefront of the medicine of the future.
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We’ve found the genetic key to making red blood cells
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden and the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona have identified four sequences of genetic ...
Enjoy your ice cream while you still can – we may be having a vanilla crisis this year
It's been a bad year for vanilla growers in Madagascar. The African island is the world's biggest producer of this ...
UK to introduce tax on sugary drinks
UK has announced the introduction of a tax on sugary drinks, based on the amount of sugar in the beverages. ...
How many slaves work for you? Find out in this online test
Income inequality and social stratification are hallmarks of today's economy, both in the context of a single country and on ...
Syrian researchers withdraw seeds from the Arctic ‘Doomsday’ Vault
Deep in the Arctic, nestled inside an icy island lies one of humanity's backup plan: the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. ...
Cosmic neutrinos sourced from outside the Milky Way found in Antarctica
These subatomic particles are created in the aftermath of violent cosmic events, like the explosion of a star or interactions ...
The world’s religions: an overview
What drives us to create these intricate systems of tales, beliefs and myths, who starts them and why do they ...
National Geographic Traveler Contest Is Almost Wrapped Up – Here Are Some Amazing Entries
National Geographic invites photographers from around the world to enter the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest - but hurry ...
Your memories last as long the neural connections: a long-standing theory now confirmed
Neuroscientists have long posited that memories last as long as the connections in the brain, but putting this theory to ...
Mysterious bright spots on dwarf-planet Ceres imaged in detail by NASA spacecraft
NASA's spacecraft Dawn is currently orbiting Ceres - a dwarf planet and the largest object in the asteroid belt - ...
How a new generation of climate change resistant beans could save millions
Some 30 new bean varieties have been cross-bred by researchers in order to make these more resistant to rising temperatures. ...
Hallucigenia revealed: the most surreal creature from the Cambrian
Artistic representation of Hallucigenia. Image via The Independent. It looks like a painting from Salvador Dali - but Hallucigenia was ...
P&G is driving massive deforestation and an orangutan graveyard in Indonesia
A year long investigation by Greenpeace reveals grim palm oil harvesting practices in Indonesia, where suppliers are currently engaging in ...
Why winter smells different
People living in areas with distinct seasons will often say -- "smells like winter outside". It's that distinct odor in ...
NASA releases global salinity map
NASA has, for the first time, released a global map of ocean salinity. The first thing that popped up for ...
Bottled water is 1900 times more expensive than tap water
Oh, it's this topic again ! It seems for some reason, which eludes me, more and more people are buying ...
A Colourful Cosmic Jewel Box
Star clusters are among the pretties things you can see, when it comes to astrophysical observations. Recently, ESO provided some ...
The 5 tallest waterfalls in the world
There's something special about the raw power and beauty a waterfall. There's no sight quite like it. These marvelsserve as ...