Spray a spider with graphene and get a mega-bionic web
Spider silk is the strongest natural substance on Earth, while graphene is the strongest material known to science. So, what happens when you spray...
Scottish flower shows origin of species is a repeatable phenomenon
A new species can start at one place and also another and evolve separately, says a scientist from the University of Stirling in Scotland...
Missing link in evolution of complex life found
A missing link in the evolution of complex life has been found, helping us understand how animals (including humans), plants and fungi evolved from...
Thunder looks like this – scientists show thunder’s acoustic signature
Scientists have produced the most amazing images of thunder by shooting rockets into thunderstorms on a US military base outside Gainesville in Florida. The...
Galaxy 13 billion light years away unveiled by astronomers
Astronomers have unveiled a super distant galaxy, called EGS-zs8-1. It is 13 billion light years from Earth, meaning they have peered into a time when...
Gold-coated onions make super artificial muscle cells that bend and stretch
Gold plated onions have been used to make artificial muscles that can bend or stretch when an electrical current is discharged, just like normal...
Graphene sprayed spider web could catch falling airplane
If you spray a spider with graphene, the strongest material known to science, its web would be strong enough to catch a falling airplane,...
Feeding birds doesn’t help native species, but does invasive species
Hundreds of millions of people across the world love feeding birds, but few realise they are probaly helping invasive species and doing their native...
Penis worm was a fearsome beast with a throat like a cheese grater
Scientists have discovered a new species of Penis Worm, a fearsome penis-shaped beast that existed 500 million years ago. It could turn its mouth...
Eerie sounds in stratosphere has people wondering about alien signals
Eerie sounds picked up in the upper atmosphere have NASA scientists baffled, and thousands of people wondering whether it could be evidence of signals...