Mars rock just like Nabu, Assyrian God of wisdom, say alien enthusiasts
A NASA picture of a Mars rock looks just like Nabu, the Assyrian and Babylonian god of wisdom and writing dating back to 2000...
Graphene produced super cheaply, making it commercially viable, say scientists
Graphene can be produced one hundred times more cheaply using commercially-available copper for it to form on, scientists from the University of Glasgow claimed....
Lightning-speed songbird tap dance captured by high-speed camera
A beautiful lightning-speed songbird tap dance, too fast for the naked eye to see, has been recorded by scientists using a high-speed camera. The...
UK scientific research funding – let politicians have a greater say, says Sir Paul
Politicians should have a greater say in how scientific research in the UK is funded, says Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse, who led a...
Acorn worms and humans distant cousins, genetically speaking
Acorn worms and humans are distant cousins – these slimy invertebrates are closer to us genetically than many other animals, says a team of scientists...
Spectacular new planet formation images captured by scientists
Spectacular images of a new planet formation, when dust and gas particles accumulate and make a new planet, have been captured for the first...
Polar bear population to plummet by 30% within 40 years, IUCN warns
The world’s polar bear population is set to plummet by 30% over the next 35 to 40 years due to climate warming, says the...
Earth-like exoplanets uninhabitable due to radiation filled superflares
The majority of Earth-like exoplanets are likely to have become uninhabitable due to the enormous quantities of radiation emitted from superflares, scientists from the...
Graphene can be produced cheaply, say Scottish scientists
Graphene can now be produced much more cheaply, say scientists from the University of Glasgow, who managed to produce large-area graphene about 100 times...
Spectacular ‘Tadpoles Overhead’ wins Royal Society Publishing photography competition
The spectacular photo ‘Tadpoles Overhead’ has won the inaugural Royal Society Publishing photography competition. The photograph, showing tadpoles that appear to be flying across...