Going without sleep for too long kills animals but scientists are only just starting to work out why.
Going without sleep for too long kills animals but scientists are only just starting to work out why.
“Tortured phrases” — are probably the result of automated translation or software that attempts to disguise plagiarism.
Spectacular art on a nano scale (requires access to specialist chemicals, compounds and tools, but hey, why not?).
Short, engaging description of what researchers need to know about predatory journals (and how to avoid them).
The best science images of 2020. A new virus, wafer-thin solar cells, gene‑edited squid and more.
All our ancestors had plenty of fur. According to a new study on relatively hairless mammals, we still have the means to be hirsute. Those genes, it seems, have simply been switched off.
Lots of things in space are way too big for our familiar units of measurement, so astronomers often find novel ways to describe the size or mass of celestial objects.
It is all too easy to fill our days with meetings and other small tasks that leave only small gaps for the serious work. It is important to create time and space for hard tasks.
