In the first discovery of its kind, an insect stole a plant gene to elude its host’s defences. That’s one way to create a new pest-control strategy!
While it might not heal severe injuries with the speed of a Marvel superhero, this new technology could radically reduce the time it takes for small cuts to recover.
Humans will use what you give them the way they want to use it, even if that’s not how you intended. This interesting short talk has lessons for scientists…
The world’s oldest continuous fire is known as ‘Burning Mountain’ North of Sydney, and has been burning non-stop for at least 6000 years.
The world map as we’re used to seeing it was made for navigation, not for a true comparison of country size. Have a play with this clever tool
Cosmic gamma-rays are the highest-energy form of light. They fill the night sky but are invisible to our eyes, and this NASA animation helps us ‘see’ it.
The World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Film. IBM researchers used a scanning tunnelling microscope to move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules.
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