Climate Change Series

How science can genetically strengthen endangered plants and agriculture

Jun 23, 2016 18:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science Nature

As the human population swells and in the face of a changing and unpredictable climate the demand for natural resources increases. This leads to distressing rates of deforestation to prepare land for agriculture,...

Climate Change Series

Can we harness bacteria to help clean up future oil spills?

Jun 22, 2016 12:46 pm UTC| Science Nature

In 2010 the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released an estimated 4.2 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico the largest offshore spill in U.S. history. The spill caused widespread damage to marine species, fisheries...

How to win the Euros – with a little help from neuroscience

Jun 16, 2016 16:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science Sports

It cant be easy trying to pick a team for a huge football tournament like the Euros, carrying the hopes of an entire nation. Football managers may have great skill and intuition, but it is, after all, not an exact science....

Second detection heralds the era of gravitational wave astronomy

Jun 16, 2016 06:31 am UTC| Science

Earlier this year, a team of over 1,000 scientists from across the globe announced the first discovery of gravitational waves and the first ever observation of colliding black holes. That same team has now published a...

How much radiation damage do astronauts really suffer in space?

Jun 16, 2016 05:32 am UTC| Science

Space is a really inhospitable place to live theres no breathable air, microgravity wastes away your bones and muscles and youre subjected to increased doses of radiation in the form of high-energy charged particles....

Is there life through the looking-glass? The riddle of life's single-handedness

Jun 15, 2016 06:55 am UTC| Science

Try shaking a colleagues left hand with your right hand. It just doesnt work, does it? Your right palm and her or his left palm cannot mesh comfortably because hands are chiral objects, having non-superimposable mirror...

How citizen scientists discovered a giant cluster of galaxies

Jun 14, 2016 09:47 am UTC| Science

It used to be that you had to have years of training before you could participate in cutting-edge science. But that has changed, with the power of the internet enabling thousands of ordinary people to contribute to one...