Has the common cold met its nemesis in the viral “Enigma machine”?
Scientists say they have found the “Enigma Machine” that cracks the code of a whole class of viruses, including those that cause the common...
Moon has more hydrogen on its Pole-facing slopes
The crater slopes on the Moon that face its Poles have 23 parts-per-million-by-weight more hydrogen than its Equator-facing slopes, according to recent observations by...
Grey Seals’ corkscrew injuries may be due to cannibalism
The Grey Seals’ corkscrew injuries, which led experts to suspect ship propellers were the cause, are more likely to be the result of cannibalism...
Termites may halt the expansion of deserts in Africa, Asia and S. America
Deserts in Africa, South America and Asia are expanding, and so far nothing has managed to halt their spread, except for perhaps termites, says...
Chimps learn new language when they move to a new group
Chimpanzees have specific words (grunts) for different types of fruit, and after some time, can adopt a different language with novel sounds after joining...
Eve the robot scientist discovers new drugs on her own
An artificial intelligence, a robot scientist that researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Aberystwyth have called ‘Eve’, could well make drug discovery a...
Humans can now sense magnetic fields with a sensor placed on the skin
Magnetoception, the ability to sense magnetic fields, is something birds, insects, turtles, sharks, stingrays and bacteria have to perceive direction, altitude or location, but...
Warm period 3m years ago confirms IPCC climate change predictions
Between 2.3 and 3.3 million years ago, atmospheric CO2 levels were similar to what they are now, and the Earth was about 2ºC warmer...
Most stars have two Earth-like planets orbiting them
Most stars in our Galaxy - the Milky Way - have about two Earth-like planets orbiting them, Australian researchers reported. This means that just...
Alan Turing codebreaking notes used to stop draughts in Hut 6 at Bletchley Park
Top-secret documents belonging to Alan Turing, best-known for helping decipher the code created by German Enigma machines in World War II, have been found...