Science

Inside the 'swat team' -- how insects react to virtual reality gaming

Nanorobot hand made of DNA grabs viruses for diagnostics and blocks cell entry

Animal characters can boost young children's psychological development

Magnetic tornado is stirring up the haze at Jupiter's poles

New study reveals the explosive secret of the squirting cucumber

Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic past

Most energetic cosmic-ray electrons and positrons ever observed

Ancient hot water on Mars points to habitable past

New imaging method enables detailed RNA analysis of the whole brain

Researchers catalog the microbiome of US rivers

These wild chimpanzees play as adults to better cooperate as a group

Synchronized movement between robots and humans builds trust, study finds

Researchers develop clinically validated, wearable ultrasound patch for continuous blood pressure monitoring

An innovative antibiotic for drug-resistant bacteria

Healthy women have cells that resemble breast cancer

Astronomers discover first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars in clusters, shining new light on stellar evolution

The chilling sound of the Aztec death whistle

How cells habituate

New fossil reveals the evolution of flying reptiles

Gaming for the good!

NASA satellites reveal abrupt drop in global freshwater levels

Earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape the landscape of Tasmania

New research shows relationship between heart shape and risk of cardiovascular disease

The secrets of fossil teeth revealed by the synchrotron: A long childhood is the prelude to the evolution of a large brain

12,000-year-old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology

Scientists discover laser light can cast a shadow

Three galactic 'red monsters' in the early Universe

Possible to limit climate change to 1.5°C, if EU and 17 other countries go beyond their own targets

Compact error correction: Towards a more efficient quantum 'hard drive'

Asthma may place children at risk of memory difficulties

Secret behind the corpse flower's famous stench

Einstein's equations collide with the mysteries of the Universe

Storm in a laser beam: Physicists create 'light hurricanes' that could transport huge amounts of data

Finding function for noncoding RNAs using a new kind of CRISPR

Memories are not only in the brain, new research finds

Sleepiness during the day may be tied to pre-dementia syndrome

Astrophysicists use echoes of light to illuminate black holes

Off-the-shelf thermoelectric generators can upgrade CO2 into chemicals: The combination could help us colonize Mars

The egg or the chicken? An ancient unicellular says egg

Mighty radio bursts linked to massive galaxies

Groundbreaking study provides new evidence of when Earth was slushy

Towards a hydrogen-powered future: Highly sensitive hydrogen detection system

Deaf male mosquitoes don't mate

Synthetic genes engineered to mimic how cells build tissues and structures

Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago

Astronomers discover the fastest-feeding black hole in the early universe

Indigenous cultural burning has protected Australia's landscape for millennia, study finds

Revolutionary high-speed 3D bioprinter hailed a game changer for drug discovery

First blueprint of the human spliceosome revealed

Violating Bredt's rule: Chemists just broke a 100-year-old rule and say it's time to rewrite the textbooks

Echolocating bats use an acoustic cognitive map for navigation

Combining VR and non-invasive brain stimulation: A neurotechnology that boosts spatial memory without surgery