South Africa

Homo Naledi: A new human-like species discovered in South Africa

Experts have discovered Homo Naledi, a new human-like species. The remains of 15 skeletons have been found secreted deep in a cave system in South

10 September 2015

France

European court upholds Italy law against embryo research

Thursday (August 27) saw the European Court of Human Rights uphold an Italian law against the donation of human embryos for scientific research. By

28 August 2015

France

Fire at Paris science museum blazes for six hours

A major fire at one of Europe’s biggest science museums, the Cite des Sciences in Paris, has been brought under control after raging for six hours

20 August 2015

USA

Robotics a walk in the park with latest advances on display

Boston Dynamics , one of Google’s parent company Alphabet’s hi-tech arms, has released video of its latest baby, the Atlas robot. In the video the

18 August 2015

World News

What you need to know about Left Handers' Day

13 August 2015

Israel

Forensic scientists reveal ancient text on charred biblical scroll

Israeli archaeologists have discovered writing on a charred 1,500-year-old piece of parchment, using advanced digital imaging technology. The

21 July 2015

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The Astronaut Academy: 'Like in the film Gravity'

Hervé Stevenin oversees one of the toughest processes that any astronaut can go through – learning to spacewalk. The Frenchman, himself a former

15 July 2015

World News

HIV treatment targets met in advance, says UNAIDS

The Millennium Development goal of giving life-saving treatment to 15 million people by the end of this year was reached nine months ahead of

14 July 2015

World News

NASA probe to 'buzz' Pluto in 30 minute flyby

After nine years in space NASA's New Horizons probe will fly past Pluto and its five moons on its way to the Kuiper Belt in the outer regions of the Solar System allowing scientists a close up view of

13 July 2015

World

Summer holidays: making the most of the big break

School’s out for summer! The words every student longs to hear as the academic year drags on. It means weeks of down-time and relaxation; long days

10 July 2015

World News

The month of June will go to extra time with a leap second

The month of June will be longer than last year – and that’s official. Yes, you will have more time on your hands on June 30th. A lengthy summer

25 June 2015

France

Lamb with jellyfish protein sold and consumed in Paris

23 June 2015

World News

'Distractingly sexy' scientists hit back in lab chemistry polemic

12 June 2015

Switzerland

Large Hadron Collider smashes energy record

Smashing particles and records: the Large Hadron Collider has reached the unprecedented energy of 13 TeV.

3 June 2015

Switzerland

Large Hadron Collider opens "new chapter in physics"

3 June 2015

World News

Large Hadron Collider poised to reach full speed and new discoveries

2 June 2015

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Root cause: making crop plants better at sourcing water and nutrients

Increasing a plant’s ability to locate and absorb water and nutrients through its roots could potentially lead to bigger and better crop yields. That

1 June 2015

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Do you know: roots or branches, which grow faster?

1 June 2015

World News

Charpentier and Doudna win Princess of Asturias Award for gene-editing technology

Two women credited with creating revolutionary gene-editing technology have won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific

28 May 2015

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Recharging without cables: the road ahead for electric cars

Electric vehicles are undoubtedly a form of transport with a future, but many technical challenges have to be overcome before they replace petrol and

22 May 2015