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Zebrafish seem to be able to count when they are j...
Just a few days after hatching, zebrafish larvae can discriminate between bigger and smaller numbers...
How daisies make deceptive petals that look like f...
South African daisies co-opt the genes they usually use to grow root hairs and transport iron to cre...
Hunter-gatherer genes gave European farmers an imm...
An analysis of ancient genomes has revealed that the descendants of Stone Age farmers in Europe and ...
The garden dormouse glows under UV light - but we ...
Garden dormice, a small European rodent species, has joined a growing list of animals known to displ...
How to see the moon, Venus, Jupiter and Mars line ...
Just after sunset on 24 March, it will be possible to see three planets line up with the crescent mo...
Botox injections in forehead alter brain activity ...
Brain scans show that people who have had Botox injections have altered brain activity when they loo...
Fissures on ocean moons may be too rare to provide...
Fractures on the seafloors of Europa and Enceladus are thought to provide energy and nutrients cruci...
How did multicellular life evolve? Algae and yeast...
Single-celled organisms that cluster and cooperate provide tantalising insights into the origins of ...
Fastest random number generator ever uses quantum ...
Variations driven by pairs of particles and antiparticles that form and then annihilate can be used ...
Recyclable plastic made from super glue could repl...
Long-lasting plastics made from fossil fuels could be replaced by a material derived from super glue...
Ultra-thin superconducting ink could be used in qu...
A superconducting ink made through a simple process called chemical exfoliation could be used to pri...
Uganda’s first wildlife vet on her revolutionary g...
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka explains how her unconventional way of combining public health and conservati...
Supersized atoms could help quantum computers link...
A device that uses supersized rubidium atoms could make it possible to transmit outputs from quantum...
Ludwig von Beethoven’s DNA reveals he probably die...
Genetic sequencing of Beethoven’s hair shows that he didn’t have lead poisoning after all, but it do...
The key to deeper sleep might be a high-protein di...
Flies and mice fed a high-protein diet were less likely to be awoken by movement during sleep than a...
Parasite from cat faeces killed four sea otters in...
An unusually virulent strain of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, primarily found in cat faeces, has b...
Mathematician wins Abel prize for solving equation...
Luis Caffarelli has been awarded the most prestigious prize in mathematics for his work on nonlinear...
Around 2 billion people don't have access to clean...
An international pledge to ensure that all the world’s population has access to safe drinking water ...
