Ancestral interbreeding: Our Neanderthal relatives may be closer than we thought
Neanderthals, our enigmatic and extinct relatives, may have been even more closely related to us then we thought, new research...
Secrets in the genome: mysteries of the cryptobyotes
Would you believe it if you were told that there are organisms that can exist and function perfectly well in...
The clock is tic-ing for Tourette’s syndrome
Tourette Syndrome, or simply Tourette’s, has historically captured the public eye, and ear, by being simply too bizarre to ignore....
Exoplanet data: a new frontier?
June 19th, 2017 – The Kepler space telescope, quietly searching for a twin to Earth, has scanned the light of...
Artificial intelligence is improving Down syndrome diagnosis
Artificial intelligence is being widely employed across research and applied medicine, offering attractive new opportunities for diagnosis and treatment. Recently, a...
Regeneration: A Story of Becoming
Something special happens when you combine art and science. At first glance, or even first thought, it seems these two...
How super are supercomputers?
What are supercomputers? How important are they and how similar are they to our personal computers? Weronika Filinger is an...
Science on a summer’s evening 2017: Chemistry’s role in recovering metals from “urban mines”
When we think about metals like iron and gold or aluminium and zinc, we think of them as familiar and...
LIGO makes third detection of gravitational waves
It is not often that people associate Albert Einstein with getting something wrong, yet even he made a mistake when...